Speaker summary
⁠51%1 analyzed article/video585.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Friedmann results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 18.5% saturation with 123.043 hits. Analysis detected 885.378 faulty-reasoning hits from 585.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (27,161 of 28,364 speakers). This John Friedmann is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.
John Friedmann
Speaker details
Total words: 585.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
6.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos585.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.4%14.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 6.7%6.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 3.3%Primacy Effect: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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