Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video108 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Troy Bruun results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 81 hits. Analysis detected 490.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 108 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 37.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (12,548 of 28,364 speakers). This Troy Bruun is worse (more manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Troy Bruun
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Speaker details
Total words: 108
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

56% percentile
025507510055.8% percentile
37.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos108 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 61.7%61.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 38.3%38.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 28.7%28.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 46.3%46.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 19.1%19.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Optimism Bias: Speaker 61.7%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 46.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 38.3%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 28.7%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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