Speaker summary
⁠89%1 analyzed article/video51 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Reason magazine results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Genetic Fallacy as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 51 hits. Analysis detected 221 faulty-reasoning hits from 51 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠78% (6,286 of 28,364 speakers). This Reason magazine is worse (more manipulative) than 77.80% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 51
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

78% percentile
025507510077.8% percentile
66.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos51 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.9%Genetic FallacySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos