Speaker summary
⁠84%5 analyzed articles/videos342.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Peter Welch results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50.3% saturation with 172.25 hits. Analysis detected 884.514 faulty-reasoning hits from 342.5 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (22,839 of 28,364 speakers). This Peter Welch is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
Peter Welch
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.5% percentile
13.7% BS Score5 analyzed videos342.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 50.3%50.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 39.6%39.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 16.5%16.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 23.5%23.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.2%4.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 8.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 5.2%Red Herring: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 0.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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