Speaker summary
⁠65%1 analyzed article/video149.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Thomas Pabst results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 30 hits. Analysis detected 138.851 faulty-reasoning hits from 149.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (32,360 of 40,492 speakers). This Thomas Pabst is better (less manipulative) than 79.90% of the peer group.
Thomas Pabst
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠21%Thomas Pabst (selected)14%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 149.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510020.1% percentile
13.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos149.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 16.8%16.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 16.2%16.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 16.8%16.8%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 15.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 6.0%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos