Speaker summary
⁠44%3 analyzed articles/videos905 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Hobbs results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Slippery Slope, and Confirmation Bias, with Fundamental Attribution Error as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 1,511.58 faulty-reasoning hits from 905 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (26,340 of 26,850 speakers). This Steve Hobbs is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the peer group.
Steve Hobbs
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.9% percentile
4.4% BS Score3 analyzed videos905 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 12.0%12.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.6%2.6%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 1.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 5.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos