Speaker summary
⁠82%4 analyzed articles/videos198 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Department of Justice results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 74.5% saturation with 147.498 hits. Analysis detected 870.498 faulty-reasoning hits from 198 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 21% and a BS Rank of ⁠34% (17,938 of 26,922 speakers). This US Department of Justice is better (less manipulative) than 66.60% of the peer group.
US Department of Justice

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

33% percentile
025507510033.4% percentile
21.0% BS Score4 analyzed videos198 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 74.5%74.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 31.6%31.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.6%22.6%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 74.5%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 31.6%, sitewide 1.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 7.5%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 9.1%Red Herring: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 0.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 3.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos