Speaker summary
45%41 analyzed articles/videos3,547.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Jefferson results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Appeal to Emotion, with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 376.208 hits. Analysis detected 3,480.866 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,547.333 analyzed words across 41 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 1% (45,208 of 45,380 speakers). This Thomas Jefferson is better (less manipulative) than 99.60% of the peer group.
Thomas Jefferson
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
1%Thomas Jefferson (selected)3%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

0% percentile
02550751000.4% percentile
2.2% BS Score41 analyzed videos3.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.0%6.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.4%6.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 2.5%2.5%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate