Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video520 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Victor Davis Hansen results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Overconfidence Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 44% saturation with 229 hits. Analysis detected 1,712 faulty-reasoning hits from 520 analyzed words across 1 video, generating a BS Score of 10% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,145 of 28,364 speakers). This Victor Davis Hansen is better (less manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.
Victor Davis Hansen
Speaker details
Total words: 520
Video count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.3% percentile
10.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos520 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 44.0%44.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 22.5%22.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 21.0%21.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 16.9%16.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 28.5%28.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.6%9.6%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 44.0%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 28.5%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 22.5%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 21.0%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 16.9%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 13.1%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 1.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 6.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 0.4%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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