Speaker summary
65% 12 analyzed articles/videos 682 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Blumenthal results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Confirmation Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 28.3% saturation with 236.687 hits . Analysis detected 1,528.075 faulty-reasoning hits from 682 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,550 of 28,364 speakers). This Richard Blumenthal is better (less manipulative) than 93.60% of the peer group. Richard Blumenthal
Speaker details
Total words: 682
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.4% percentile 7.5% BS Score12 analyzed videos682 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 28.3% 28.3% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 14.6% 14.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 16.4% 16.4% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 9.7% 9.7% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 3.8% 3.8% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 13.2% 13.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 4.0% 4.0% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 15.9% Framing Effect: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 8.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 2.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 7.5% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 6.7% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.4% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 6.0% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.9% Anecdotal: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 5.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 3.3% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst