Speaker summary
33%6 analyzed articles/videos1,033 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Longman results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Emotion, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 12.4% saturation with 149.82 hits. Analysis detected 818.537 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,033 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,227 of 28,364 speakers). This Matt Longman is better (less manipulative) than 99.50% of the peer group.
Matt Longman
Speaker details
Total words: 1,033
Article count: 6
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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2.7% BS Score6 analyzed videos1K 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 0.1%0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.4%3.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 1.4%1.4%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate