Speaker summary
⁠85%1 analyzed article/video41 analyzed words
BS Summary: These WVLT-TV results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 246 faulty-reasoning hits from 41 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠84% (4,757 of 28,364 speakers). This WVLT-TV is worse (more manipulative) than 83.20% of the peer group.
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Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 41
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

83% percentile
025507510083.2% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos41 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Ad Hominem: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos