Speaker summary
⁠97%3 analyzed articles/videos121.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Douglas Herman results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 64.9% saturation with 122 hits. Analysis detected 579.459 faulty-reasoning hits from 121.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 37.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠59% (18,811 of 45,123 speakers). This Douglas Herman is worse (more manipulative) than 58.30% of the peer group.
Douglas Herman
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠59%Douglas Herman (selected)38%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

58% percentile
025507510058.3% percentile
37.5% BS Score3 analyzed videos121.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 83.7%83.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 68.3%68.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 64.9%64.9%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 31.7%31.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 23.3%23.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 35.1%35.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 40.4%40.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.2%20.2%

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%Ad Hominem: Speaker 83.7%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 68.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 64.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 40.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 35.1%, sitewide 19.2%Straw Man: Speaker 31.7%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 23.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 7.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 1.1%Ad HominemSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos