Speaker summary
34%7 analyzed articles/videos487 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Theodore Roosevelt results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Overconfidence Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 150 hits. Analysis detected 593 faulty-reasoning hits from 487 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.2% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,657 of 28,364 speakers). This Theodore Roosevelt is better (less manipulative) than 94.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.0% percentile
7.2% BS Score7 analyzed videos487 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 20.2%20.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 3.1%3.1%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 3.2%3.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%No True Scotsman: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateSpeaker rate