Speaker summary
69%3 analyzed articles/videos399 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rocco Vitale results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26.2% saturation with 163 hits. Analysis detected 871.333 faulty-reasoning hits from 399 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 13% and a BS Rank of 18% (23,283 of 28,364 speakers). This Rocco Vitale is better (less manipulative) than 82.10% of the peer group.
Rocco Vitale
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510017.9% percentile
13.0% BS Score3 analyzed videos399 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 26.1%26.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 21.5%21.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 19.1%19.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.3%4.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.5%9.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 21.5%, sitewide 0.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate