Speaker summary
⁠89%1 analyzed article/video21 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Branson results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Halo Effect, and Unattributed Quote, with Begging the Question as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 21 hits. Analysis detected 84 faulty-reasoning hits from 21 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (3,612 of 28,364 speakers). This Richard Branson is worse (more manipulative) than 87.30% of the peer group.
Richard Branson
Speaker details
Total words: 21
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

87% percentile
025507510087.3% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos21 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

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%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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