Speaker summary
⁠48%1 analyzed article/video541 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Coles results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Unattributed Quote, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 129 hits. Analysis detected 1,200.956 faulty-reasoning hits from 541 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,902 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Coles is better (less manipulative) than 91.30% of the peer group.
Robert Coles
Speaker details
Total words: 541
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.7% percentile
8.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos541 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.0%15.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 19.6%19.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 8.6%8.6%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.1%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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