Speaker summary
27%6 analyzed articles/videos55 analyzed words
BS Summary: These USA TODAY results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 23.6% saturation with 38 hits. Analysis detected 167 faulty-reasoning hits from 55 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 20.7% and a BS Rank of 34% (18,900 of 28,364 speakers). This USA TODAY is better (less manipulative) than 66.60% of the peer group.
USA TODAY

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

33% percentile
025507510033.4% percentile
20.7% BS Score6 analyzed videos55 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 23.6%23.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 23.6%23.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 23.6%23.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 23.6%23.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 9.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate