Speaker summary
66%1 analyzed article/video58.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Friedman results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and False Dilemma, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 81.8% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 271.25 faulty-reasoning hits from 58.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 34.9% and a BS Rank of 54% (13,193 of 28,364 speakers). This Scott Friedman is worse (more manipulative) than 53.50% of the peer group.
Scott Friedman
Speaker details
Total words: 58.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

54% percentile
025507510053.5% percentile
34.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos58.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 81.8%81.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 59.1%59.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 59.1%59.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 44.3%44.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 29.6%29.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 29.6%29.6%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 20.4%20.4%

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%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 81.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 59.1%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 59.1%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 44.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 29.6%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 20.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos