Speaker summary
48%49 analyzed articles/videos3,002.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Samuel Alito results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 360 hits. Analysis detected 4,257.156 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,002.333 analyzed words across 49 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,578 of 25,762 speakers). This Samuel Alito is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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3.1% BS Score49 analyzed videos3K 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 8.9%8.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.6%0.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.0%1.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate