Speaker summary
65%5 analyzed articles/videos426 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda French Gates results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Anecdotal, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.5% saturation with 105.081 hits. Analysis detected 852.914 faulty-reasoning hits from 426 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 7% (40,321 of 43,006 speakers). This Melinda French Gates is better (less manipulative) than 93.80% of the peer group.
Melinda French Gates
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
7%Melinda French Gates (selected)7%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.2% percentile
6.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos426 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 18.3%18.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 16.1%16.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 15.3%15.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 21.5%21.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.4%3.4%

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 21.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 18.3%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.8%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%No True Scotsman: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate