Speaker summary
66%5 analyzed articles/videos202.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Roger Wicker results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Hasty Generalization, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.1% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 858.283 faulty-reasoning hits from 202.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.7% and a BS Rank of 16% (24,085 of 28,364 speakers). This Roger Wicker is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.1% percentile
11.7% BS Score5 analyzed videos202.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 28.3%28.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 23.1%23.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 16.7%16.7%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 23.1%23.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 8.3%8.3%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 2.7%No True Scotsman: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 0.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate