Speaker summary
40%38 analyzed articles/videos3,237.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Clarence Thomas results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 524 hits. Analysis detected 4,335.787 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,237.333 analyzed words across 38 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,266 of 28,364 speakers). This Clarence Thomas is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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2.4% BS Score38 analyzed videos3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate