Speaker summary
⁠77%3 analyzed articles/videos382.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William Tong results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Self-Serving Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 35.4% saturation with 135.431 hits. Analysis detected 796.354 faulty-reasoning hits from 382.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (22,835 of 28,364 speakers). This William Tong is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group.
William Tong
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Speaker details
Total words: 382.5
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.5% percentile
13.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos382.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.8%29.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 35.4%35.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 24.8%24.8%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 3.9%3.9%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 35.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.8%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 24.8%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.7%Tu Quoque: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos