Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video49 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Washingtonian results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 89.8% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 164 faulty-reasoning hits from 49 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 47.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (10,431 of 28,364 speakers). This Washingtonian is worse (more manipulative) than 63.20% of the peer group.
Washingtonian
Speaker details
Total words: 49
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

63% percentile
025507510063.2% percentile
47.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos49 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 89.8%89.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 55.1%55.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 44.9%44.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.2%10.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 89.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 55.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 44.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos