Speaker summary
41% 16 analyzed articles/videos 480.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brookings results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Framing Effect , and Optimism Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.4% saturation with 225 hits . Analysis detected 1,510.067 faulty-reasoning hits from 480.667 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.9% and a BS Rank of 4% (26,293 of 27,299 speakers). This Brookings is better (less manipulative) than 96.30% of the peer group. Brookings
Speaker details
Total words: 480.667
Article count: 16
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.7% percentile 5.9% BS Score16 analyzed videos480.7 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% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 1.0% 1.0% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 13.9% 13.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 0.6% 0.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 17.4% 17.4% Circular Reasoning Sitewide 0.1% Speaker 6.0% 6.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 10.5% 10.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 8.4% 8.4% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 15.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 0.5% Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 7.5% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 4.6% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 0.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 4.0% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Special Pleading: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst