Speaker summary
⁠74%1 analyzed article/video53.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tom Fontana results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Loss Aversion, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 365 faulty-reasoning hits from 53.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 75% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (5,615 of 28,364 speakers). This Tom Fontana is worse (more manipulative) than 80.20% of the peer group.
Tom Fontana
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Speaker details
Total words: 53.333
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

80% percentile
025507510080.2% percentile
75.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos53.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 50.0%50.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 2.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos