Speaker summary
⁠98%1 analyzed article/video66 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CNN's Derek Van Dam results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Biased Writer Voice, and Overconfidence Bias, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 53% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 171 faulty-reasoning hits from 66 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 51.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (8,051 of 28,364 speakers). This CNN's Derek Van Dam is worse (more manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group.
CNN's Derek Van Dam
Speaker details
Total words: 66
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

72% percentile
025507510071.6% percentile
51.8% BS Score1 analyzed videos66 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 53.0%53.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 53.0%53.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 53.0%53.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 53.0%53.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 47.0%47.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Anecdotal: Speaker 53.0%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 53.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 53.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 53.0%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 47.0%, sitewide 19.2%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos