Speaker summary
78%16 analyzed articles/videos1,007.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Truthout results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Appeal to Emotion, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 57.3% saturation with 577.009 hits. Analysis detected 3,309.639 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,007.5 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.9% and a BS Rank of 12% (25,219 of 28,364 speakers). This Truthout is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.1% percentile
9.9% BS Score16 analyzed videos1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 57.3%57.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 25.8%25.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 14.1%14.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.1%14.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 57.3%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 25.8%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 19.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 5.3%Slippery Slope: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 2.0%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 2.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate