Speaker summary
⁠86%1 analyzed article/video69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Valdez results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Indoctrination, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 73.9% saturation with 51 hits. Analysis detected 291 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 46.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (10,581 of 28,364 speakers). This Valdez is worse (more manipulative) than 62.70% of the peer group.
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Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 69
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

63% percentile
025507510062.7% percentile
46.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 73.9%73.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 14.5%14.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.5%14.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.6%11.6%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 7.5%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 73.9%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 2.0%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos