Speaker summary
⁠68%2 analyzed articles/videos109.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Schoeff Jr. results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 34.1% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 292.375 faulty-reasoning hits from 109.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (17,871 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark Schoeff Jr. is better (less manipulative) than 63.00% of the peer group.
Mark Schoeff Jr.
Speaker details
Total words: 109.333
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

37% percentile
025507510037.0% percentile
22.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos109.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 34.1%34.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 39.9%39.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 33.8%33.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 20.4%20.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.2%12.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 10.4%10.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 39.9%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 33.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos