Speaker summary
43% 2 analyzed articles/videos 320 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Richard Stearns results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Negativity Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Fundamental Attribution Error as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 40 hits . Analysis detected 275 faulty-reasoning hits from 320 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of 3% (43,858 of 45,145 speakers). This Richard Stearns is better (less manipulative) than 97.10% of the peer group. Richard Stearns
Speaker details
Total words: 320
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.9% percentile 4.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos320 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–25%
0.0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 6.0% 6.0% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 7.4% 7.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 5.6% 5.6% 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% Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 2.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 5.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.0% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 4.0% Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.4% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.4% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst