Speaker summary
⁠52%1 analyzed article/video103.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Susan Smith results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Actor-Observer Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 31% saturation with 54 hits. Analysis detected 298 faulty-reasoning hits from 103.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (22,476 of 28,364 speakers). This Susan Smith is better (less manipulative) than 79.20% of the peer group.
Susan Smith
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
⁠21%Susan Smith (selected)15%
⁠100%4MATIV100%
⁠100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 103.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

21% percentile
025507510020.8% percentile
14.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos103.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 31.0%31.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 27.0%27.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.6%8.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 23.0%23.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 12.6%12.6%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%

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%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 31.0%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 27.0%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.0%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 0.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 0.4%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 3.7%No True Scotsman: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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