Speaker summary
69%3 analyzed articles/videos302 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Evan Sernoffsky results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Red Herring, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 40.1% saturation with 168 hits. Analysis detected 446.892 faulty-reasoning hits from 302 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (22,963 of 26,351 speakers). This Evan Sernoffsky is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group.
Evan Sernoffsky
Speaker details
Total words: 302
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

13% percentile
025507510012.9% percentile
10.7% BS Score3 analyzed videos302 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 40.1%40.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.6%16.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 40.1%, sitewide 3.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Red Herring: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate