Speaker summary
⁠57%5 analyzed articles/videos787 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Pape results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 19.4% saturation with 186.654 hits. Analysis detected 1,267.276 faulty-reasoning hits from 787 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (26,929 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Pape is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group.
Robert Pape
Speaker details
Total words: 787
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.1% percentile
6.7% BS Score5 analyzed videos787 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 5.9%5.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 19.4%19.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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