Speaker summary
⁠51%1 analyzed article/video108.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William Berman results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 295.664 faulty-reasoning hits from 108.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (20,882 of 25,848 speakers). This William Berman is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.
William Berman
Speaker details
Total words: 108.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510019.2% percentile
13.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos108.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 32.6%32.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 15.2%15.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 24.0%24.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 5.6%5.6%

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 32.6%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 24.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 2.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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