Speaker summary
⁠75%1 analyzed article/video62.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Johnston results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority and Confirmation Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 70.5 hits. Analysis detected 164.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 62.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠78% (6,047 of 26,780 speakers). This Steve Johnston is worse (more manipulative) than 77.40% of the peer group.
Steve Johnston
Speaker details
Total words: 62.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

77% percentile
025507510077.4% percentile
66.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos62.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

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%120%120%Optimism Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos