Speaker summary
⁠80%4 analyzed articles/videos257.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robert Weissman results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 133 hits. Analysis detected 1,253.932 faulty-reasoning hits from 257.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠30% (19,881 of 28,364 speakers). This Robert Weissman is better (less manipulative) than 70.10% of the peer group.
Robert Weissman
Speaker details
Total words: 257.333
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

30% percentile
025507510029.9% percentile
18.9% BS Score4 analyzed videos257.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 43.2%43.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 49.1%49.1%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 29.5%29.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 32.6%32.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 24.4%24.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 22.2%22.2%

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 Emotion: Speaker 49.1%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 43.2%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 32.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 31.9%, sitewide 19.2%Horn Effect: Speaker 29.5%, sitewide 1.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 22.2%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.9%Bandwagon: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos