Speaker summary
86%1 analyzed article/video110 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 110 hits. Analysis detected 150 faulty-reasoning hits from 110 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 68.2% and a BS Rank of 79% (6,006 of 28,364 speakers). This Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is worse (more manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
Speaker details
Total words: 110
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

79% percentile
025507510078.8% percentile
68.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos110 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 36.4%36.4%

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 Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos