Speaker summary
68%7 analyzed articles/videos1,143.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Seth Moulton results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Hasty Generalization, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 33.5% saturation with 426.377 hits. Analysis detected 3,165.188 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,143.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.7% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,925 of 28,364 speakers). This Seth Moulton is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.1% percentile
6.7% BS Score7 analyzed videos1.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 33.5%33.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.6%9.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.8%6.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 33.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 24.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 6.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate