Speaker summary
⁠68%5 analyzed articles/videos177 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Winston Churchill results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Appeal to Emotion, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 60.8% saturation with 117.009 hits. Analysis detected 528.322 faulty-reasoning hits from 177 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (18,157 of 28,364 speakers). This Winston Churchill is better (less manipulative) than 64.00% of the peer group.
Winston Churchill
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.0% percentile
22.2% BS Score5 analyzed videos177 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 60.8%60.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 33.9%33.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 21.7%21.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 9.7%9.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 60.8%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 33.9%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 4.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 9.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 15.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 21.7%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

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