Speaker summary
82%1 analyzed article/video46.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Patricia Foster results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Begging the Question, Appeal to Authority, and Burden of Proof, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 245 faulty-reasoning hits from 46.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of 80% (9,144 of 44,961 speakers). This Patricia Foster is worse (more manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group.
Patricia Foster
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
80%Patricia Foster (selected)67%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 46.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

80% percentile
025507510079.7% percentile
66.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos46.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 50.0%50.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 11.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos