Speaker summary
59% 22 analyzed articles/videos 1,632.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rand Paul results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Right Leaning Bias , and Slippery Slope , with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 15.9% saturation with 412 hits . Analysis detected 3,949.423 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,632.667 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 2% (26,365 of 26,881 speakers). This Rand Paul is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the peer group. Rand Paul
Speaker details
Total words: 1,632.667
Article count: 22
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.9% percentile 4.5% BS Score22 analyzed videos1.6K 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 6.4% 6.4% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 15.9% 15.9% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 10.7% 10.7% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 10.4% 10.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 9.3% 9.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 7.0% 7.0% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 7.2% 7.2% Dunning-Kruger Effect Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 15.9% Indoctrination: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 1.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 7.5% Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 2.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 3.3% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Straw Man: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.9% Dunning-Kruger Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 4.6% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 2.2% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst