Speaker summary
⁠55%2 analyzed articles/videos589 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ron Thomas results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Fundamental Attribution Error as the most egregious example at 22.1% saturation with 141 hits. Analysis detected 793.165 faulty-reasoning hits from 589 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (26,966 of 28,364 speakers). This Ron Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.
Ron Thomas
Speaker details
Total words: 589
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
6.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos589 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 4.7%4.7%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 21.3%21.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.7%7.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.7%4.7%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Composition/Division: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.6%Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos