Speaker summary
70% 7 analyzed articles/videos 498 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brad Sherman results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Tu Quoque , and False Dilemma , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.5% saturation with 295 hits . Analysis detected 2,101.438 faulty-reasoning hits from 498 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (23,471 of 26,791 speakers). This Brad Sherman is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group. Brad Sherman
Speaker details
Total words: 498
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.4% percentile 10.5% BS Score7 analyzed videos498 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% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 26.6% 26.6% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 24.6% 24.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 15.6% 15.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 27.5% 27.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 17.5% 17.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 27.5%, sitewide 15.9% Tu Quoque: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 0.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 1.5% Negativity Bias: Speaker 21.3%, sitewide 19.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 9.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 3.3% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 11.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 2.2% Slippery Slope: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.7% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 8.1% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.4% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.6% In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 0.0% Straw Man: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.8% Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst