Speaker summary
⁠89%1 analyzed article/video103.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Gephardt results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Slippery Slope as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 103.5 hits. Analysis detected 448.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 103.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 58.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (7,276 of 28,364 speakers). This Richard Gephardt is worse (more manipulative) than 74.40% of the peer group.
Richard Gephardt
Speaker details
Total words: 103.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

74% percentile
025507510074.4% percentile
58.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos103.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%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%Slippery Slope: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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