Speaker summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video51 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave Zafft results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion and Loss Aversion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 50% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 102 faulty-reasoning hits from 51 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (12,794 of 45,145 speakers). This Dave Zafft is worse (more manipulative) than 71.70% of the peer group.
Dave Zafft
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠72%Dave Zafft (selected)50%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 51
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

72% percentile
025507510071.7% percentile
50.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos51 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 15.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos