Speaker summary
⁠41%1 analyzed article/video56 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Piedmont Natural Gas results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Actor-Observer Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 26.3% saturation with 21 hits. Analysis detected 81 faulty-reasoning hits from 56 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (20,936 of 28,364 speakers). This Piedmont Natural Gas is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
Piedmont Natural Gas
Speaker details
Total words: 56
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510026.2% percentile
16.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos56 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 17.5%17.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 17.5%17.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 15.0%15.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 16.3%16.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.8%8.8%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 11.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 0.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos