Speaker summary
57%4 analyzed articles/videos207.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bruce Springsteen results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 31.3% saturation with 103 hits. Analysis detected 499.888 faulty-reasoning hits from 207.667 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.8% and a BS Rank of 17% (37,498 of 45,122 speakers). This Bruce Springsteen is better (less manipulative) than 83.10% of the peer group.
Bruce Springsteen
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
17%Bruce Springsteen (selected)12%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

17% percentile
025507510016.9% percentile
11.8% BS Score4 analyzed videos207.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 31.3%31.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.8%29.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.9%7.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 11.3%11.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 15.2%15.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 11.3%11.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 6.7%6.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.9%4.9%

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%Halo Effect: Speaker 31.3%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Speaker 15.2%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Halo EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate