Speaker summary
65% 7 analyzed articles/videos 991 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Brennan results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic , Actor-Observer Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Bandwagon as the most egregious example at 47.7% saturation with 635.001 hits . Analysis detected 3,241.504 faulty-reasoning hits from 991 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,588 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Brennan is better (less manipulative) than 93.70% of the peer group. Michael Brennan
Speaker details
Total words: 991
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.3% percentile 7.4% BS Score7 analyzed videos991 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 47.7% 47.7% Representativeness Heuris… Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 21.2% 21.2% Actor-Observer Bias Sitewide 0.6% Speaker 16.4% 16.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.1% 6.1% Composition/Division Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 10.2% 10.2% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 11.7% 11.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 13.6% 13.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 6.0% 6.0% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Bandwagon: Speaker 47.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 1.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 19.2% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 0.6% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 8.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 11.1% Composition/Division: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 0.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 6.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.0% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 2.2% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.7% Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.8% Personal Incredulity: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.2% Straw Man: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.9% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.1% Bandwagon Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst