Speaker summary
⁠33%6 analyzed articles/videos187 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Nixon results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Quote-first Misdirection, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 492 faulty-reasoning hits from 187 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (22,758 of 26,780 speakers). This Richard Nixon is better (less manipulative) than 85.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.0% percentile
11.7% BS Score6 analyzed videos187 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 21.0%21.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 21.0%21.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 8.7%8.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 3.3%Primacy Effect: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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