Speaker summary
58%9 analyzed articles/videos435.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Eric Schmitt results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, In-Group Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Politically Right Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 32.7% saturation with 249 hits. Analysis detected 1,447.024 faulty-reasoning hits from 435.667 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.2% and a BS Rank of 12% (24,884 of 28,203 speakers). This Eric Schmitt is better (less manipulative) than 88.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510011.8% percentile
10.2% BS Score9 analyzed videos435.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 32.7%32.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 19.0%19.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 24.1%24.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 20.4%20.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 17.6%17.6%

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%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 32.7%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 1.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 6.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.4%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Right Leaning BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate