Speaker summary
81% 1 analyzed article/video 102 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sonya Smith results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Halo Effect , and Self-Serving Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 49.2% saturation with 55.552 hits . Analysis detected 345.123 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 33.4% and a BS Rank of 55% (20,607 of 45,144 speakers). This Sonya Smith is worse (more manipulative) than 54.40% of the peer group. Sonya Smith
Speaker details
Total words: 102
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
54% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 54.4% percentile 33.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos102 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–75%
0.0% 20% 40% 60% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 65.0% 65.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 49.2% 49.2% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 35.6% 35.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 37.3% 37.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 35.6% 35.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 31.4% 31.4% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 17.5% 17.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 19.2% 19.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 9.6% 9.6% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 20% 20% 40% 40% 60% 60% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 65.0%, sitewide 4.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 49.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 37.3%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Speaker 35.6%, sitewide 6.7% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 35.6%, sitewide 3.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 31.4%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 3.3% Burden of Proof: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 0.4% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 11.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst