Speaker summary
48% 41 analyzed articles/videos 1,008.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Guardian results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Negativity Bias , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.6% saturation with 482 hits . Analysis detected 2,552.95 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,008.667 analyzed words across 41 articles, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of 6% (25,278 of 26,730 speakers). This The Guardian is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group. The Guardian
Speaker details
Total words: 1,008.667
Article count: 41
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.4% percentile 7.0% BS Score41 analyzed videos1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 19.3% 19.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.7% 11.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 23.6% 23.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.0% 3.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% 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 11.7%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 11.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 1.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.4% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.8% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.9% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst