Speaker summary
81%12 analyzed articles/videos116 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US officials results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Begging the Question, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 99 hits. Analysis detected 584.547 faulty-reasoning hits from 116 analyzed words across 12 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 28% and a BS Rank of 45% (14,333 of 25,752 speakers). This US officials is better (less manipulative) than 55.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

44% percentile
025507510044.3% percentile
28.0% BS Score12 analyzed videos116 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 72.2%72.2%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 65.0%65.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 60.6%60.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 28.0%28.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 22.8%22.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 43.4%43.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 17.5%17.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 72.2%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 65.0%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 60.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 43.4%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 28.0%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 9.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 6.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate