Speaker summary
⁠88%1 analyzed article/video74.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Charton results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Loss Aversion, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 85.7% saturation with 64 hits. Analysis detected 434 faulty-reasoning hits from 74.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠66% (9,581 of 27,599 speakers). This Scott Charton is worse (more manipulative) than 65.30% of the peer group.
Scott Charton
Speaker details
Total words: 74.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

65% percentile
025507510065.3% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos74.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 85.7%85.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 57.1%57.1%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 53.6%53.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 42.9%42.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 28.6%28.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 46.4%46.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 28.6%28.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 21.4%21.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 85.7%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 57.1%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 53.6%, sitewide 9.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 46.4%, sitewide 19.2%Straw Man: Speaker 42.9%, sitewide 0.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 35.7%, sitewide 26.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 28.6%, sitewide 5.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 28.6%, sitewide 0.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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