Speaker summary
⁠84%3 analyzed articles/videos384 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Sheehan results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Slippery Slope as the most egregious example at 70.1% saturation with 269.122 hits. Analysis detected 1,592.077 faulty-reasoning hits from 384 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 18.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠29% (19,164 of 27,006 speakers). This Matt Sheehan is better (less manipulative) than 71.00% of the peer group.
Matt Sheehan
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Speaker details
Total words: 384
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

29% percentile
025507510029.0% percentile
18.5% BS Score3 analyzed videos384 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 70.1%70.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 45.4%45.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 31.1%31.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 38.1%38.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 29.6%29.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.2%11.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 16.1%16.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.9%29.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.3%13.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Slippery Slope: Speaker 70.1%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 45.4%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 38.1%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 31.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 26.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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