Speaker summary
55% 11 analyzed articles/videos 318 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tesla results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Special Pleading , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 22.4% saturation with 192 hits . Analysis detected 1,688.154 faulty-reasoning hits from 318 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (25,376 of 28,364 speakers). This Tesla is better (less manipulative) than 89.50% of the peer group. Tesla
Speaker details
Total words: 318
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.5% percentile 9.6% BS Score11 analyzed videos318 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% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 31.3% 31.3% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 22.4% 22.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 19.9% 19.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 16.7% 16.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 13.9% 13.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 18.3% 18.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% 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% Special Pleading: Speaker 31.3%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 26.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 3.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 7.5% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 15.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 9.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.8% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.0% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 3.3% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.5% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.6% Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Indoctrination: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.4% Special Pleading Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst