Speaker summary
⁠52%1 analyzed article/video600.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Winship results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Hindsight Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 16.2% saturation with 154 hits. Analysis detected 1,421.041 faulty-reasoning hits from 600.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (26,632 of 28,280 speakers). This Scott Winship is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the peer group.
Scott Winship
Speaker details
Total words: 600.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751005.8% percentile
7.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos600.3 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 6.6%6.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 3.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 2.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.9%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Composition/Division: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.2%Middle Ground: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos