Speaker summary
72%11 analyzed articles/videos987 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Savannah Guthrie results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Optimism Bias, and Special Pleading, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.5% saturation with 418.984 hits. Analysis detected 1,531.613 faulty-reasoning hits from 987 analyzed words across 11 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 4.7% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,728 of 28,364 speakers). This Savannah Guthrie is better (less manipulative) than 97.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.2% percentile
4.7% BS Score11 analyzed videos987 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 42.5%42.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.0%2.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 6.5%6.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Special Pleading: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Savannah Guthrie Shares Heartbreaking Update on Missing Mom23%
The Daily Beast87%By Sarah-Jane Collins0%7/3/2026, 6:47:31 PM
FBI Reportedly Concludes All Nancy Guthrie Ransom Messages Were Fake14%
The Daily Caller68%By Paris Apodaca0%7/1/2026, 4:37:33 PM
Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Were Fake, FBI Reportedly Finds61%
Forbes46%By Siladitya Ray0%7/1/2026, 12:08:57 PM
Savannah Guthrie makes new plea for information on missing mother, Nancy92%
ABC News99%6/24/2026, 12:30:08 AM
New details on contents of Nancy Guthrie ransom note89%
ABC News99%6/23/2026, 12:45:39 PM
Savannah Guthrie pleads for tips as ransom note claims mom is dead: 'Somebody knows something'84%
Fox News89%By Adam Sabes80% Michael Ruiz0%6/23/2026, 12:26:35 PM
Savannah Guthrie tears up on TODAY show over new ransom note revelations in missing mom Nancy's case48%
Daily Mail Online59%By Alex Hammer52%6/23/2026, 12:24:39 PM
Nancy Guthrie ransom note believed to be from abductor says she has died, reports claim19%
The Independent68%By Paul Farrell0%6/23/2026, 11:27:35 AM
FBI confirmed Nancy Guthrie ransom note to TMZ was ‘real deal’: report23%
New York Daily News76%By Brian Niemietz0%6/22/2026, 8:12:22 PM
Savannah Guthrie shares rare photo of husband and two kids on Father's Day as FBI reviews blunder that hampered search for mother Nancy37%
Daily Mail Online78%By Melissa Koenig0%6/21/2026, 11:59:19 PM