Speaker summary
⁠39%5 analyzed articles/videos489.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jonah Goldberg results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 167 hits. Analysis detected 753.138 faulty-reasoning hits from 489.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (26,415 of 28,364 speakers). This Jonah Goldberg is better (less manipulative) than 93.10% of the peer group.
Jonah Goldberg

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.9% percentile
7.8% BS Score5 analyzed videos489.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.3%14.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 15.9%Composition/Division: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 0.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 3.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos