Speaker summary
54%7 analyzed articles/videos135 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South China Morning Post results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Hasty Generalization, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 59.1% saturation with 103.382 hits. Analysis detected 470.382 faulty-reasoning hits from 135 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.7% and a BS Rank of 28% (20,506 of 28,364 speakers). This South China Morning Post is better (less manipulative) than 72.30% of the peer group.
South China Morning Post

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

28% percentile
025507510027.7% percentile
17.7% BS Score7 analyzed videos135 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 59.1%59.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 22.8%22.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 12.2%12.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 10.6%10.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 59.1%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 6.0%Red Herring: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 0.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 2.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate