Speaker summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Bridgeland results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 47.5% saturation with 64.125 hits. Analysis detected 523.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 120 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 33.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (13,790 of 28,364 speakers). This Brendan Bridgeland is worse (more manipulative) than 51.40% of the peer group.
Brendan Bridgeland
Speaker details
Total words: 120
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

51% percentile
025507510051.4% percentile
33.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos120 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 47.5%47.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 47.5%47.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 47.5%47.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 31.7%31.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 31.7%31.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 31.7%31.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 27.5%27.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 18.3%18.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 31.7%31.7%

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 Authority: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 27.5%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos