Speaker summary
⁠70%2 analyzed articles/videos115.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Thompson results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Slippery Slope, with Status Quo Bias as the most egregious example at 44.8% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 323.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 115.333 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 30.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠49% (14,540 of 28,364 speakers). This Mike Thompson is better (less manipulative) than 51.30% of the peer group.
Mike Thompson
Speaker details
Total words: 115.333
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

49% percentile
025507510048.7% percentile
30.9% BS Score2 analyzed videos115.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 44.8%44.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 37.7%37.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 36.7%36.7%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 36.7%36.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Middle GroundSitewide 0.1%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 18.2%18.2%

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%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 44.8%, sitewide 2.2%Straw Man: Speaker 37.7%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 36.7%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 1.9%Middle Ground: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 15.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos