Speaker summary
⁠46%1 analyzed article/video78.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Bortner results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Unattributed Quote, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 77.1% saturation with 91 hits. Analysis detected 209 faulty-reasoning hits from 78.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 44.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (10,997 of 28,364 speakers). This Brad Bortner is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the peer group.
Brad Bortner
Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 78.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

61% percentile
025507510061.2% percentile
44.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos78.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 77.1%77.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 27.1%27.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 22.9%22.9%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 77.1%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 27.1%, sitewide 1.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos