Speaker summary
56%2 analyzed articles/videos397 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melissa M. Lopez results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 111.308 hits. Analysis detected 517.565 faulty-reasoning hits from 397 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (43,412 of 45,684 speakers). This Melissa M. Lopez is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group.
Melissa M. Lopez
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
5%Melissa M. Lopez (selected)7%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 397
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.0% percentile
6.2% BS Score2 analyzed videos397 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 25.1%25.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.8%3.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.3%4.3%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 11.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate