Speaker summary
⁠74%3 analyzed articles/videos481.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Schmidt results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 20.5% saturation with 173 hits. Analysis detected 1,670.86 faulty-reasoning hits from 481.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (24,311 of 26,836 speakers). This Steve Schmidt is better (less manipulative) than 90.60% of the peer group.
Steve Schmidt
Speaker details
Total words: 481.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751009.4% percentile
9.1% BS Score3 analyzed videos481.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 20.5%20.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 11.7%11.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 26.5%26.5%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 26.5%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 20.5%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 0.4%Begging the Question: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 1.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos