Speaker summary
84%4 analyzed articles/videos192.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phil Weiser results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 43.8% saturation with 117 hits. Analysis detected 694.923 faulty-reasoning hits from 192.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.7% and a BS Rank of 37% (17,949 of 28,364 speakers). This Phil Weiser is better (less manipulative) than 63.30% of the peer group.
Phil Weiser
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Speaker details
Total words: 192.333
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

37% percentile
025507510036.7% percentile
22.7% BS Score4 analyzed videos192.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 56.0%56.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 43.8%43.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 31.5%31.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 26.4%26.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 15.7%15.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Ad Hominem: Speaker 56.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 43.8%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 31.5%, sitewide 6.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 26.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 5.3%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate