Speaker summary
70% 14 analyzed articles/videos 305.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Citizen results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Authority , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 157 hits . Analysis detected 1,233.415 faulty-reasoning hits from 305.667 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.4% and a BS Rank of 13% (23,520 of 26,781 speakers). This Public Citizen is better (less manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group. Public Citizen
Speaker details
Total words: 305.667
Article count: 14
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.2% percentile 10.4% BS Score14 analyzed videos305.7 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% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 25.0% 25.0% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 16.8% 16.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 13.2% 13.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 30.9% 30.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 19.4% 19.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 12.4% 12.4% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 15.4% 15.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 20.4% 20.4% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 19.2% Framing Effect: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 26.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 8.1% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 4.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 9.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.7% Slippery Slope: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 2.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.0% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.5% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 3.7% Special Pleading: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst