Speaker summary
48% 40 analyzed articles/videos 1,306.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These ProPublica results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Confirmation Bias , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 596 hits . Analysis detected 4,228.2 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,306.333 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 4% (25,225 of 26,155 speakers). This ProPublica is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. ProPublica
Speaker details
Total words: 1,306.333
Article count: 40
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 5.8% BS Score40 analyzed videos1.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 15.1% 15.1% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 16.2% 16.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 8.0% 8.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% 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 11.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.1%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 9.1% Indoctrination: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 0.0% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 5.3% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 3.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.6% Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.4% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.0% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Slippery Slope: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 1.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst