Speaker summary
⁠41%16 analyzed articles/videos3,954 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Frederick Douglass results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Indoctrination, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.1% saturation with 815.963 hits. Analysis detected 4,162.693 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,954 analyzed words across 16 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (27,793 of 28,087 speakers). This Frederick Douglass is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.
Frederick Douglass
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
⁠1%Frederick Douglass (selected)4%
⁠100%4MATIV100%
⁠100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%1X representative100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
3.5% BS Score16 analyzed videos4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 0.6%0.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.1%14.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.2%0.2%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.1%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.4%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

All the Feelings: Nothing Is Fixed In Its Place⁠79%
www.commondreams.org⁠96%By Abby Zimet⁠95%7/7/2026, 7:22:33 AM
The racial wealth gap undermines the declaration's promise⁠33%
Brookings⁠36%7/6/2026, 3:25:17 PM
How Zohran Mamdani Saved the Fourth of July⁠78%
The Nation⁠77%By Jeet Heer⁠91%7/6/2026, 2:34:41 PM
From Jefferson's desk to FDR's microphone: Tour the Smithsonian with Lonnie Bunch⁠51%
NBC News⁠99%7/5/2026, 1:00:00 PM
In Defense of the Fourth of July⁠53%
Jacobin⁠61%By Ryan Zickgraf⁠66%7/4/2026, 12:32:08 PM
The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic⁠76%
RealClearPolitics⁠0%By Ned Ryun⁠0%7/4/2026, 5:00:00 AM
F*ck The Fourth: A Scalawag Reading List⁠77%
Scalawag⁠60%By Tea Troutman⁠92%7/3/2026, 6:07:31 PM
The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself⁠46%
Vox⁠50%By Ian Millhiser⁠56%7/3/2026, 10:45:00 AM
Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?⁠26%
The New Republic⁠72%By Osita Nwanevu⁠0%7/3/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Who is your personal hero of American history?⁠67%
Washington Examiner⁠74%By Washington Examiner⁠0%7/3/2026, 10:00:00 AM