Speaker summary
70% 12 analyzed articles/videos 914.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sheldon Whitehouse results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Hasty Generalization , and Fundamental Attribution Error , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 241.085 hits . Analysis detected 2,298.549 faulty-reasoning hits from 914.667 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of 8% (26,307 of 28,364 speakers). This Sheldon Whitehouse is better (less manipulative) than 92.70% of the peer group. Sheldon Whitehouse
Speaker details
Total words: 914.667
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.3% percentile 7.9% BS Score12 analyzed videos914.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 10.0% 10.0% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 12.3% 12.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 18.0% 18.0% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 12.2% 12.2% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 10.9% 10.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 26.4% 26.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 9.1% 9.1% 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 10.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 26.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 2.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 2.7% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 11.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.5% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 7.5% Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Composition/Division: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.2% Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.4% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.4% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 3.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst