Speaker summary
ā 92%1 analyzed article/video112 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda Person results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Ad Hominem, and Composition/Division, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 75.4% saturation with 104 hits. Analysis detected 580.962 faulty-reasoning hits from 112 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 42.2% and a BS Rank of ā 60% (11,378 of 28,364 speakers). This Melinda Person is worse (more manipulative) than 59.90% of the peer group.
Melinda Person
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
ā 0%The Brookings Institution1%
ā 0%Gen Jack Keane1%
ā 0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
ā 0%Mike Muse1%
ā 0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
ā 60%Melinda Person (selected)43%
ā 100%4MATIV100%
ā 100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
ā 100%314 Action Fund100%
ā 100%21 Grams100%
ā 100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 112
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

60% percentile
025507510059.9% percentile
42.2% BS Score1 analyzed videos112 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0ā€“100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 67.9%67.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 75.4%75.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 49.1%49.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 39.5%39.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 37.7%37.7%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Speaker 37.7%37.7%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Speaker 37.7%37.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 37.7%37.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 24.6%24.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Negativity Bias: Speaker 75.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 67.9%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 49.1%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 39.5%, sitewide 1.7%Composition/Division: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 0.2%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 1.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 15.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 24.6%, sitewide 0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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