Speaker summary
⁠59%3 analyzed articles/videos479.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Zanny Minton Beddoes results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Straw Man, Hasty Generalization, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 84 hits. Analysis detected 688.89 faulty-reasoning hits from 479.5 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (27,057 of 28,364 speakers). This Zanny Minton Beddoes is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Speaker details
Total words: 479.5
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
6.4% BS Score3 analyzed videos479.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 16.6%16.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%

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 12.8%, sitewide 19.2%Straw Man: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.4%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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