Speaker summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video76 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Virginia Canter results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 56.1% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 208.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 76 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 32.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (14,071 of 28,364 speakers). This Virginia Canter is worse (more manipulative) than 50.40% of the peer group.
Virginia Canter
Speaker details
Total words: 76
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

50% percentile
025507510050.4% percentile
32.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos76 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 56.1%56.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 43.9%43.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 21.9%21.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 32.9%32.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 21.9%21.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 21.9%21.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 28.1%28.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 56.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 43.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 32.9%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos