Speaker summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video422.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Don Stevens results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, In-Group Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 171 hits. Analysis detected 1,058.97 faulty-reasoning hits from 422.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (41,691 of 45,470 speakers). This Don Stevens is better (less manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
Don Stevens
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠9%Don Stevens (selected)8%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 422.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.3% percentile
7.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos422.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 26.1%26.1%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 16.8%16.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.6%8.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 14.3%14.3%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.4%6.4%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 19.2%Straw Man: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 9.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 8.1%No True Scotsman: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.1%Red Herring: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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