Speaker summary
86%1 analyzed article/video12 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 12 hits. Analysis detected 24 faulty-reasoning hits from 12 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 85% (4,338 of 28,364 speakers). This Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times is worse (more manipulative) than 84.70% of the peer group.
Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times
Speaker details
Total words: 12
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

85% percentile
025507510084.7% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos12 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos