Speaker summary
57%4 analyzed articles/videos632.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spencer Faragasso results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 10% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 988.963 faulty-reasoning hits from 632.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,410 of 28,364 speakers). This Spencer Faragasso is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
Spencer Faragasso

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
5.6% BS Score4 analyzed videos632.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.5%7.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 11.7%11.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.3%4.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate