Speaker summary
58%5 analyzed articles/videos69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sam Stein results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and False Dilemma, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 82.1% saturation with 87 hits. Analysis detected 533 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 45.7% and a BS Rank of 62% (10,160 of 26,450 speakers). This Sam Stein is worse (more manipulative) than 61.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

62% percentile
025507510061.6% percentile
45.7% BS Score5 analyzed videos69 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 82.1%82.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 82.1%82.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 42.5%42.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 42.5%42.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 39.6%39.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 39.6%39.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 42.5%42.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 39.6%39.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 39.6%39.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 39.6%39.6%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 82.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 82.1%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 1.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 5.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 8.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 39.6%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate