Speaker summary
72%2 analyzed articles/videos503 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Molly Gray results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Halo Effect, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 18% saturation with 104.396 hits. Analysis detected 1,182.033 faulty-reasoning hits from 503 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (37,355 of 40,165 speakers). This Molly Gray is better (less manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group.
Molly Gray
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
7%Molly Gray (selected)8%
100%314 Action Fund100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 503
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751007.0% percentile
7.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos503 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 18.0%18.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 17.5%17.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.4%10.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 10.0%10.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 4.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 19.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 18.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 13.8%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate