Speaker summary
68% 8 analyzed articles/videos 3,301 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Victor Davis Hanson results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Confirmation Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 40.3% saturation with 1,410.608 hits . Analysis detected 8,569.603 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,301 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (27,055 of 28,364 speakers). This Victor Davis Hanson is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group. Victor Davis Hanson
Speaker details
Total words: 3,301
Content count: 8
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.6% percentile 6.4% BS Score8 analyzed videos3.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 52.0% 52.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 40.3% 40.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 22.6% 22.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 8.1% 8.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 9.5% 9.5% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 52.0%, sitewide 1.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 40.3%, sitewide 8.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 26.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 7.5% Negativity Bias: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 11.1% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 3.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 9.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 0.8% In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 4.6% Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.7% Straw Man: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 3.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst