Speaker summary
67%8 analyzed articles/videos722.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wesley Bell results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 32.8% saturation with 287.328 hits. Analysis detected 1,488.12 faulty-reasoning hits from 722.333 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.9% and a BS Rank of 4% (25,497 of 26,458 speakers). This Wesley Bell is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.6% percentile
5.9% BS Score8 analyzed videos722.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 32.8%32.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.5%12.5%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 15.7%15.7%

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 Emotion: Speaker 32.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 7.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Bandwagon: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Straw Man: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate