Speaker summary
⁠66%3 analyzed articles/videos385.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Van Jones results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Straw Man, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 33.4% saturation with 262 hits. Analysis detected 2,129.254 faulty-reasoning hits from 385.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (25,554 of 28,364 speakers). This Van Jones is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group.
Van Jones
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Speaker details
Total words: 385.667
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.9% percentile
9.3% BS Score3 analyzed videos385.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 33.4%33.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.8%13.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 32.4%32.4%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 15.7%15.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.7%7.7%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 33.4%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 32.4%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 26.9%Straw Man: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 0.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 1.4%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 1.5%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.4%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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