Speaker summary
⁠82%4 analyzed articles/videos245 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 359 faulty-reasoning hits from 245 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (23,076 of 28,364 speakers). This Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 81.40% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 245
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510018.6% percentile
13.3% BS Score4 analyzed videos245 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 38.4%38.4%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.3%16.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 4.9%4.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 38.4%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 5.3%Straw Man: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos