Speaker summary
36% 16 analyzed articles/videos 874.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brookings Institution results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , and Self-Serving Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 147.917 hits . Analysis detected 893.087 faulty-reasoning hits from 874.667 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 6% (24,962 of 26,349 speakers). This Brookings Institution is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group. Brookings Institution
Speaker details
Total words: 874.667
Article count: 16
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.3% percentile 6.9% BS Score16 analyzed videos874.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
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0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 16.1% 16.1% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 13.2% 13.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 6.4% 6.4% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 5% 5% 10% 10% 15% 15% 20% 20% 25% 25% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 0.5% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 3.7% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 5.2% Halo Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 8.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 3.3% Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.9% Indoctrination: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst