Speaker summary
78%249 analyzed articles/videos9,521.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These President Trump results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 25.5% saturation with 2,425.285 hits. Analysis detected 21,301.084 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,521.333 analyzed words across 249 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,667 of 25,915 speakers). This President Trump is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
3.4% BS Score249 analyzed videos9.5K 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 25.5%25.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.6%5.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.1%6.1%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 25.5%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate