Speaker summary
48% 33 analyzed articles/videos 391.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Forbes results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Recency Bias , and Anchoring Bias , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 195 hits . Analysis detected 959.271 faulty-reasoning hits from 391.333 analyzed words across 33 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of 4% (26,976 of 28,100 speakers). This Forbes is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group. Forbes
Speaker details
Total words: 391.333
Article count: 33
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.0% percentile 6.1% BS Score33 analyzed videos391.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 1.7% 1.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.5% 6.5% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 22.3% 22.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 9.9% 9.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 12.2% 12.2% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 5.5% 5.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.3%, sitewide 11.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 4.0% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 8.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 6.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.8% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 5.3% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.2% Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.4% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 2.0% Red Herring: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.7% Bandwagon: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst