Speaker summary
58%16 analyzed articles/videos156 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Daily Beast results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 59.1% saturation with 111.977 hits. Analysis detected 402.977 faulty-reasoning hits from 156 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 23.3% and a BS Rank of 38% (17,696 of 28,364 speakers). This The Daily Beast is better (less manipulative) than 62.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

38% percentile
025507510037.6% percentile
23.3% BS Score16 analyzed videos156 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 59.1%59.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 12.3%12.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 8.2%8.2%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 9.7%9.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 59.1%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 11.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate