Speaker summary
⁠57%1 analyzed article/video87.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Howson results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 56.1% saturation with 74 hits. Analysis detected 428.613 faulty-reasoning hits from 87.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 28% and a BS Rank of ⁠45% (15,601 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Howson is better (less manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group.
Robert Howson
Speaker details
Total words: 87.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

45% percentile
025507510045.0% percentile
28.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos87.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 56.1%56.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 56.1%56.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 44.3%44.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 43.9%43.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 30.3%30.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.0%3.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 56.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 56.1%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 44.3%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 43.9%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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