Speaker summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video68 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda Reed results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Appeal to Emotion, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 85.3% saturation with 58.853 hits. Analysis detected 232.853 faulty-reasoning hits from 68 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 53.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (9,867 of 37,502 speakers). This Melinda Reed is worse (more manipulative) than 73.70% of the peer group.
Melinda Reed
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠74%Melinda Reed (selected)54%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 68
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

74% percentile
025507510073.7% percentile
53.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos68 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 85.3%85.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 35.3%35.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 29.4%29.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 35.3%35.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 85.3%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 15.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 35.3%, sitewide 2.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 29.4%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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