Speaker summary
⁠61%2 analyzed articles/videos76 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michael Tomasky results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 66.9% saturation with 83 hits. Analysis detected 344 faulty-reasoning hits from 76 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 34.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (13,244 of 28,364 speakers). This Michael Tomasky is worse (more manipulative) than 53.30% of the peer group.
Michael Tomasky
Speaker details
Total words: 76
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

53% percentile
025507510053.3% percentile
34.7% BS Score2 analyzed videos76 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 66.9%66.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 44.4%44.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 44.4%44.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 33.1%33.1%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.6%22.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 21.8%21.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Indoctrination: Speaker 66.9%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 44.4%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 44.4%, sitewide 2.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 33.1%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 7.5%Special Pleading: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 0.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 0.4%In-Group Bias: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 6.9%IndoctrinationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos