Speaker summary
49% 9 analyzed articles/videos 554.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Young results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection , Unattributed Quote , and Anecdotal , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.3% saturation with 165 hits . Analysis detected 689.983 faulty-reasoning hits from 554.333 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of 4% (42,821 of 44,407 speakers). This Young is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group. Young
Speaker details
Total words: 554.333
Article count: 9
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.6% percentile 5.4% BS Score9 analyzed videos554.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 16.6% 16.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 15.2% 15.2% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 8.0% 8.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 16.3% 16.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 1.2% 1.2% 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 4.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.3%, sitewide 19.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 15.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 5.2% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Recency Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.9% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst