Speaker summary
81%2 analyzed articles/videos151.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jay Smith results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Slippery Slope, Negativity Bias, and Status Quo Bias, with Burden of Proof as the most egregious example at 27% saturation with 60 hits. Analysis detected 307.69 faulty-reasoning hits from 151.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 19.1% and a BS Rank of 31% (19,754 of 28,364 speakers). This Jay Smith is better (less manipulative) than 69.60% of the peer group.
Jay Smith
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Speaker details
Total words: 151.5
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

30% percentile
025507510030.4% percentile
19.1% BS Score2 analyzed videos151.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 27.0%27.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 25.2%25.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 21.1%21.1%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 12.2%12.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 22.3%22.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 9.0%9.0%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 30.9%, sitewide 8.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 27.0%, sitewide 0.4%Slippery Slope: Speaker 25.2%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.3%, sitewide 19.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 21.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 1.9%Special Pleading: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 0.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos