Speaker summary
58%4 analyzed articles/videos305.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Don Lemon results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Dunning-Kruger Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 64.963 hits. Analysis detected 642.305 faulty-reasoning hits from 305.667 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,267 of 28,364 speakers). This Don Lemon is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the peer group.
Don Lemon
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Speaker details
Total words: 305.667
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.9% percentile
6.0% BS Score4 analyzed videos305.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Dunning-Kruger EffectSitewide 0.1%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.7%14.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 4.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 1.5%Horn Effect: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Special Pleading: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate