Speaker summary
74% 20 analyzed articles/videos 1,119 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Cotton results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Hasty Generalization , and Politically Right Leaning Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 377 hits . Analysis detected 3,072.997 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,119 analyzed words across 20 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 4% (25,892 of 26,836 speakers). This Tom Cotton is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group. Tom Cotton
Speaker details
Total words: 1,119
Article count: 20
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.5% percentile 5.8% BS Score20 analyzed videos1.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 13.9% 13.9% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 12.0% 12.0% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 15.8% 15.8% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 8.0% 8.0% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% 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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 8.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 1.4% Slippery Slope: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 1.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 7.5% Straw Man: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 3.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.6% Begging the Question: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7% In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.2% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.0% Indoctrination: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 3.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst