Speaker summary
⁠84%4 analyzed articles/videos231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phil Mendelson results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 87.5% saturation with 202.125 hits. Analysis detected 576.813 faulty-reasoning hits from 231 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 23.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠39% (16,827 of 27,172 speakers). This Phil Mendelson is better (less manipulative) than 61.90% of the peer group.
Phil Mendelson
Speaker details
Total words: 231
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

38% percentile
025507510038.1% percentile
23.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos231 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 87.5%87.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 47.9%47.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.5%12.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 87.5%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 47.9%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 1.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos