Speaker summary
⁠64%1 analyzed article/video204 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Johnson results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Overconfidence Bias, and Begging the Question, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 52.1% saturation with 119.625 hits. Analysis detected 485.5 faulty-reasoning hits from 204 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (23,238 of 28,364 speakers). This Thomas Johnson is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.
Thomas Johnson
Speaker details
Total words: 204
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510018.1% percentile
13.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos204 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 52.1%52.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 44.0%44.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 12.8%12.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.5%9.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Optimism Bias: Speaker 52.1%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 44.0%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 4.6%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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