Speaker summary
⁠74%3 analyzed articles/videos170 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Benny Johnson results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Burden of Proof, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 45.4% saturation with 127 hits. Analysis detected 800.845 faulty-reasoning hits from 170 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠32% (19,422 of 28,364 speakers). This Benny Johnson is better (less manipulative) than 68.50% of the peer group.
Benny Johnson
Speaker details
Total words: 170
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

32% percentile
025507510031.5% percentile
19.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos170 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 55.6%55.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 45.4%45.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 37.6%37.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 19.6%19.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 19.6%19.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 20.0%20.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 30.4%30.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.1%26.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 55.6%, sitewide 7.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 45.4%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Speaker 37.6%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity Bias: Speaker 30.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 19.6%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 5.3%Straw Man: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos