Speaker summary
25%6 analyzed articles/videos120.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.S. Environmental Protection Agency results contain 1 faulty reasoning type, including Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 13 hits. Analysis detected 13 faulty-reasoning hits from 120.5 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,840 of 28,364 speakers). This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is better (less manipulative) than 94.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.4% percentile
6.9% BS Score6 analyzed videos120.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.9%6.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate