Speaker summary
53%11 analyzed articles/videos1,344.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pete Buttigieg results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.8% saturation with 266.023 hits. Analysis detected 2,047.306 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,344.333 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,198 of 27,702 speakers). This Pete Buttigieg is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.8% percentile
4.4% BS Score11 analyzed videos1.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.1%6.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.7%2.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 2.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate