Speaker summary
55% 24 analyzed articles/videos 1,603.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spencer Cox results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Biased Writer Voice , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 373.852 hits . Analysis detected 3,539.818 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,603.333 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 2% (25,425 of 25,862 speakers). This Spencer Cox is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Spencer Cox
Speaker details
Total words: 1,603.333
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 4.3% BS Score24 analyzed videos1.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.6% 3.6% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 10.1% 10.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.9% 6.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 19.3% 19.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% 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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 11.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 1.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 0.0% In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 5.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.8% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 4.0% Straw Man: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst