Speaker summary
53% 8 analyzed articles/videos 203.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Telegraph results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Availability Heuristic , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 30.7% saturation with 126 hits . Analysis detected 828.051 faulty-reasoning hits from 203.667 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.2% and a BS Rank of 17% (23,734 of 28,364 speakers). This The Telegraph is better (less manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group. The Telegraph
Speaker details
Total words: 203.667
Article count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 16.3% percentile 12.2% BS Score8 analyzed videos203.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 21.9% 21.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 30.7% 30.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 19.9% 19.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Personal Incredulity Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 14.4% 14.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 21.7% 21.7% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 30.7%, sitewide 15.9% Framing Effect: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 26.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 1.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 9.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 19.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 5.2% In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 5.3% Loss Aversion: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.5% Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.8% Personal Incredulity: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.2% Primacy Effect: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 2.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst