Speaker summary
84%2 analyzed articles/videos73 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Randal O’Toole results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 54.8% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 68 faulty-reasoning hits from 73 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 31.1% and a BS Rank of 49% (14,493 of 28,364 speakers). This Randal O’Toole is better (less manipulative) than 51.10% of the peer group.
Randal O’Toole
Speaker details
Total words: 73
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

49% percentile
025507510048.9% percentile
31.1% BS Score2 analyzed videos73 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 54.8%54.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 21.9%21.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 54.8%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate