Speaker summary
⁠65%4 analyzed articles/videos180.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Merrick Garland results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Overconfidence Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 38% saturation with 73.236 hits. Analysis detected 354.44 faulty-reasoning hits from 180.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 15.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (33,450 of 45,069 speakers). This Merrick Garland is better (less manipulative) than 74.20% of the peer group.
Merrick Garland
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠26%Merrick Garland (selected)16%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510025.8% percentile
15.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos180.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 38.0%38.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 26.9%26.9%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 8.4%8.4%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 38.0%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 26.9%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 15.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 0.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 1.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos