Speaker summary
⁠76%1 analyzed article/video56 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Craig Bruce Smith results contain 4 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 75% saturation with 47.25 hits. Analysis detected 173.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 56 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 56.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (7,506 of 28,364 speakers). This Craig Bruce Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 73.50% of the peer group.
Craig Bruce Smith
Speaker details
Total words: 56
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

74% percentile
025507510073.5% percentile
56.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos56 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos