Speaker summary
34%7 analyzed articles/videos351 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Integrity Project results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.5% saturation with 195 hits. Analysis detected 864.984 faulty-reasoning hits from 351 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.2% and a BS Rank of 17% (23,112 of 27,545 speakers). This Public Integrity Project is better (less manipulative) than 83.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510016.1% percentile
12.2% BS Score7 analyzed videos351 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 15.9%15.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 29.5%29.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 21.5%21.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.0%5.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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 29.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate