Speaker summary
67%1 analyzed article/video176.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Peter Fenton results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 30.5% saturation with 60.172 hits. Analysis detected 385.421 faulty-reasoning hits from 176.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of 19% (23,208 of 28,364 speakers). This Peter Fenton is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.
Peter Fenton
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Speaker details
Total words: 176.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
13.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos176.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 30.5%30.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 18.5%18.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 17.0%17.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.9%5.9%

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%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.1%Middle Ground: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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