Speaker summary
⁠52%2 analyzed articles/videos200 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maureen Hosty results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 35.3% saturation with 79.5 hits. Analysis detected 372.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 200 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 10% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,137 of 28,364 speakers). This Maureen Hosty is better (less manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group.
Maureen Hosty
Speaker details
Total words: 200
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.4% percentile
10.0% BS Score2 analyzed videos200 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 18.0%18.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.3%5.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.0%5.0%

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%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos