Speaker summary
⁠51%3 analyzed articles/videos627 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Sneden results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Hasty Generalization, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 32.7% saturation with 228.072 hits. Analysis detected 597.072 faulty-reasoning hits from 627 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (42,099 of 44,230 speakers). This John Sneden is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the peer group.
John Sneden
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠5%John Sneden (selected)7%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 627
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.8% percentile
6.1% BS Score3 analyzed videos627 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 32.8%32.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Circular ReasoningSitewide 0.1%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 3.8%3.8%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 32.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 0.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos