Speaker summary
49% 5 analyzed articles/videos 190 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pew results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Bandwagon , Availability Heuristic , and Appeal to Authority , with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 26% saturation with 82 hits . Analysis detected 432 faulty-reasoning hits from 190 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (20,799 of 28,364 speakers). This Pew is better (less manipulative) than 73.30% of the peer group. Pew
Speaker details
Total words: 190
Article count: 5
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
27% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 26.7% percentile 17.1% BS Score5 analyzed videos190 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 25.1% 25.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 26.0% 26.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 20.6% 20.6% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 14.6% 14.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 15.6% 15.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 14.6% 14.6% 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% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 26.0%, sitewide 7.5% Bandwagon: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 2.2% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 9.1% Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 11.1% Anecdotal: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 5.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst