Speaker summary
⁠36%2 analyzed articles/videos12 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washington Post staff results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 4 hits. Analysis detected 8 faulty-reasoning hits from 12 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 25% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (16,973 of 28,364 speakers). This Washington Post staff is better (less manipulative) than 59.80% of the peer group.
Washington Post staff
Speaker details
Total words: 12
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

40% percentile
025507510040.2% percentile
25.0% BS Score2 analyzed videos12 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 25.0%25.0%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos