Speaker summary
⁠72%1 analyzed article/video150.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Polito results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Ad Hominem, and Confirmation Bias, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 51.1% saturation with 78.954 hits. Analysis detected 500.817 faulty-reasoning hits from 150.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 28.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (15,539 of 28,364 speakers). This John Polito is better (less manipulative) than 54.80% of the peer group.
John Polito
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Speaker details
Total words: 150.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

45% percentile
025507510045.2% percentile
28.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos150.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 51.1%51.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 39.7%39.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 34.8%34.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 40.1%40.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 33.5%33.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 32.2%32.2%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 51.1%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 40.1%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 39.7%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 34.8%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 33.5%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 32.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 27.2%, sitewide 26.9%Red Herring: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 0.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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