Speaker summary
⁠68%1 analyzed article/video96 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Dietz results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 70.8% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 506.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 96 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 25.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (16,793 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Dietz is better (less manipulative) than 59.20% of the peer group.
Robert Dietz
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Speaker details
Total words: 96
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

41% percentile
025507510040.8% percentile
25.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos96 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 70.8%70.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 32.6%32.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 35.8%35.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 36.1%36.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 29.2%29.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 17.4%17.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 14.6%14.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 70.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 36.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 35.8%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 32.6%, sitewide 3.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 31.9%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 29.2%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 19.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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