Speaker summary
⁠35%1 analyzed article/video1,359 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elizabeth Smart results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Anecdotal, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7% saturation with 143 hits. Analysis detected 1,145.4 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,359 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (28,291 of 28,364 speakers). This Elizabeth Smart is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group.
Elizabeth Smart
Speaker details
Total words: 1,359
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
02550751000.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos1.4K 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 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.1%1.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.3%1.3%

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 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 3.3%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos