Steelmanned

An integrity referee for public debates. We score how each side argued, never who won.

Glenn Greenwald

1 scored debate

19 challenges faced · 13,108 words scored

85
Debate integrity · one scored debate

Not a career average: Steelmanned has scored Glenn once, against Coleman Hughes.

Where these scores sit

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Glenn: 85 (v Coleman Hughes) · shaded to our ±5–8 re-run band · all 46 scored performances shown

Inside our ±8-point re-run band of this record: Christopher Hitchens's 83, Ben Shapiro's 87, David Des Roches's 83, Andrew Wilson's 82. We treat these as indistinguishable from it.

Component standings

Confronted the point82site 52–97
Argued clean100site 6–100
Dealt straight60site 0–87
Let them talk92site 75–100

Glenn's strongest component is “Argued clean” at 100. Across the 46 scored performances Steelmanned has published, that component runs 6–100: the highest we have recorded on that component.

A 100 on "Argued clean" means no fallacy points were charged, not that no fallacies were logged. The scorecard lists every logged event, including zero-valued ones.

The record

Coleman HughesPanel debate2h 02m

Glenn Greenwald vs. Coleman Hughes Debate: Does Israel Control U.S. Foreign Policy?

Glenn Greenwald
85
DIS ±8
Opposite Coleman Hughes · their score 80
CRUX45% · N=19
82
CLEAN30% · 13,108W
100
DEALT15% · N=19
60
TALK10% · 36 TURNS
92

Across 19 challenges faced and 36 turns, Confronted the point on lobby power and Iran causation, conceded 'we have completely lost free speech... is much too far' and named the JCPOA a 'counterexample,' with no fallacies recorded over 13,108 words; two interruptions logged, and left P26/P30/P35 (60% enrichment, Gabbard recontextualization, accidental-launch) engaged-not-answered.

19 challenges faced · 13,108 words scored · rubric v0.11

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