Speaker summary
⁠53%1 analyzed article/video287.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard West results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Begging the Question, and Unattributed Quote, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 69.069 hits. Analysis detected 407.408 faulty-reasoning hits from 287.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (25,168 of 26,730 speakers). This Richard West is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group.
Richard West
Speaker details
Total words: 287.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.8% percentile
7.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos287.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.6%7.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 3.0%3.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos