Speaker summary
⁠81%4 analyzed articles/videos509.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Steve Schmidt results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 173 hits. Analysis detected 1,732.182 faulty-reasoning hits from 509.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (40,410 of 45,314 speakers). This Steve Schmidt is better (less manipulative) than 89.20% of the peer group.
Steve Schmidt
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠11%Steve Schmidt (selected)10%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 509.333
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510010.8% percentile
9.1% BS Score4 analyzed videos509.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 19.9%19.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 17.9%17.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 18.6%18.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 11.6%11.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 11.4%11.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.4%2.4%

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 10.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 25.1%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 5.3%Ad Hominem: Speaker 17.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 11.6%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 3.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.4%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 6.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 1.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos