Speaker summary
65%1 analyzed article/video1,064.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shannon Battle results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Sunk Cost Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 180.539 hits. Analysis detected 1,156.218 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,064.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,674 of 28,364 speakers). This Shannon Battle is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group.
Shannon Battle
Speaker details
Total words: 1,064.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.4% percentile
4.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos1.1K 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 2.2%2.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 17.0%17.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

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 2.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 0.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 2.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos