Speaker summary
⁠83%1 analyzed article/video99 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Spencer Wendell results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 62.7% saturation with 62.032 hits. Analysis detected 260.032 faulty-reasoning hits from 99 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 31.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (14,405 of 28,364 speakers). This Spencer Wendell is better (less manipulative) than 50.80% of the peer group.
Spencer Wendell
Speaker details
Total words: 99
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

49% percentile
025507510049.2% percentile
31.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos99 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 62.7%62.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 24.7%24.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 25.3%25.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 24.7%24.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 25.3%25.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.3%25.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Negativity Bias: Speaker 62.7%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 25.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.3%, sitewide 15.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 25.3%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 0.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos