Speaker summary
44%17 analyzed articles/videos771.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patrick Clancy results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 214 hits. Analysis detected 817.299 faulty-reasoning hits from 771.333 analyzed words across 17 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 5% (43,257 of 45,145 speakers). This Patrick Clancy is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the peer group.
Patrick Clancy
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
5%Patrick Clancy (selected)6%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.2% percentile
5.8% BS Score17 analyzed videos771.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 22.8%22.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 0.2%0.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.9%12.9%

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%Anecdotal: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 9.1%Recency Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 8.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.4%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Livestream: Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumes with a half-day of testimony14%
Boston.com40%By Abby Patkin37%8/5/2026, 5:59:05 AM
Lindsay Clancy murder trial: Live updates7%
BostonGlobe.com44%By Globe Staff29%8/5/2026, 2:00:00 AM
‘I want help’: Jurors hear Lindsay Clancy’s diary entries at murder trial9%
The Independent82%By Michael Casey27%8/3/2026, 5:18:27 PM
Lindsay Clancy’s diary chronicled desperation and ‘brain fog’ before she killed her 3 kids12%
Orlando Sentinel24%By Associated Press74%8/3/2026, 5:38:16 AM
Lindsay Clancy trial enters week 29%
Boston Herald55%By Colleen Cronin12%8/3/2026, 2:16:04 AM
Lindsay Clancy’s diary chronicled desperation and ‘brain fog’ before she killed her 3 kids30%
Hartford Courant20%By The Associated Press73%8/2/2026, 5:06:37 PM
Jury tours the crime scene where a mother allegedly murdered her 3 kids72%
ABC News100%8/1/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Officers recount finding Lindsay Clancy’s children in basement17%
The Independent82%By Michael Casey27% Leah Willingham48%7/30/2026, 5:56:31 PM
Lindsay Clancy murder trial: First responders take the stand: 'I knew it wasn’t going to be good'6%
Boston Herald55%By Colleen Cronin12%7/30/2026, 12:39:33 PM
Lindsay Clancy trial: What we learned from Patrick Clancy’s 911 call12%
BostonGlobe.com44%By Sean Cotter37% Shelley Murphy20%7/30/2026, 8:03:07 AM