Speaker summary
⁠43%1 analyzed article/video316 analyzed words
BS Summary: These James Fiddler results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including False Dilemma, Middle Ground, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 251.259 faulty-reasoning hits from 316 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (33,879 of 37,897 speakers). This James Fiddler is better (less manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
James Fiddler
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠11%James Fiddler (selected)10%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 316
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.6% percentile
9.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos316 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 23.2%23.2%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 5.3%5.3%

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%False Dilemma: Speaker 23.2%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Middle Ground: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%False DilemmaSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos