Speaker summary
⁠66%3 analyzed articles/videos94.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Kosner results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Actor-Observer Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 44.4% saturation with 47.25 hits. Analysis detected 289.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 94.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (20,405 of 28,364 speakers). This John Kosner is better (less manipulative) than 71.90% of the peer group.
John Kosner
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Speaker details
Total words: 94.667
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

28% percentile
025507510028.1% percentile
17.8% BS Score3 analyzed videos94.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 44.4%44.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 22.5%22.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 24.3%24.3%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 29.6%29.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 11.3%11.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.2%9.2%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 44.4%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 24.3%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 22.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 15.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 0.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.8%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos