Speaker summary
⁠56%3 analyzed articles/videos360 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cliff Johnson results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 35.3% saturation with 141.973 hits. Analysis detected 958.04 faulty-reasoning hits from 360 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (24,933 of 28,364 speakers). This Cliff Johnson is better (less manipulative) than 87.90% of the peer group.
Cliff Johnson

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510012.1% percentile
10.3% BS Score3 analyzed videos360 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 5.8%5.8%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 11.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.8%Straw Man: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos