Speaker summary
79% 3 analyzed articles/videos 255.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Todd Schulte results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Slippery Slope , and Post Hoc (False Cause) , with Politically Left Leaning Bias as the most egregious example at 39% saturation with 135 hits . Analysis detected 1,007.369 faulty-reasoning hits from 255.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 24.5% and a BS Rank of 42% (26,315 of 45,145 speakers). This Todd Schulte is better (less manipulative) than 58.30% of the peer group. Todd Schulte
Speaker details
Total words: 255.333
Article count: 3
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
42% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 41.7% percentile 24.5% BS Score3 analyzed videos255.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 39.0% 39.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 42.9% 42.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 47.5% 47.5% Slippery Slope Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 33.2% 33.2% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 32.7% 32.7% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 21.4% 21.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 19.5% 19.5% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 18.4% 18.4% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 16.2% 16.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 32.1% 32.1% 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 47.5%, sitewide 15.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 42.9%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 2.0% Slippery Slope: Speaker 33.2%, sitewide 1.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 32.7%, sitewide 3.3% Negativity Bias: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 19.2% Begging the Question: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 0.0% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 1.9% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 17.2%, sitewide 8.1% False Dilemma: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 1.5% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 3.7% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 5.3% Loss Aversion: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst