Speaker summary
⁠44%1 analyzed article/video257 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William Jacobson results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 18.6% saturation with 78 hits. Analysis detected 722.225 faulty-reasoning hits from 257 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,165 of 28,364 speakers). This William Jacobson is better (less manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.
William Jacobson
Speaker details
Total words: 257
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.3% percentile
9.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos257 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 19.0%19.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 8.1%8.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 19.2%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 0.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.8%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 3.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 0.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos