Speaker summary
⁠40%3 analyzed articles/videos284 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Manning results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Optimism Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.1% saturation with 62 hits. Analysis detected 436.209 faulty-reasoning hits from 284 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (25,241 of 26,155 speakers). This Manning is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.5% percentile
5.8% BS Score3 analyzed videos284 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 6.6%6.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.4%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos