Speaker summary
66% 2 analyzed articles/videos 152 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jill Lepore results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Ad Hominem , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 28.8% saturation with 49.082 hits . Analysis detected 483.059 faulty-reasoning hits from 152 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.4% and a BS Rank of 13% (24,899 of 28,364 speakers). This Jill Lepore is better (less manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group. Jill Lepore
Speaker details
Total words: 152
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.2% percentile 10.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos152 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 33.3% 33.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 28.8% 28.8% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 16.8% 16.8% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 17.8% 17.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 12.6% 12.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 17.8% 17.8% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Speaker 12.6% 12.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 7.8% 7.8% 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% Optimism Bias: Speaker 33.3%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 26.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 2.0% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 15.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 3.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 4.6% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 0.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 5.3% Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 0.8% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 1.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst