Speaker summary
33% 40 analyzed articles/videos 1,362.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brett Kavanaugh results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Biased Writer Voice , with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 381 hits . Analysis detected 3,184.852 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,362.667 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,873 of 28,364 speakers). This Brett Kavanaugh is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Brett Kavanaugh
Speaker details
Total words: 1,362.667
Article count: 40
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 4.3% BS Score40 analyzed videos1.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 12.0% 12.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.4% 10.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 7.4% 7.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 0.2% 0.2% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 0.3% 0.3% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 10.0% 10.0% 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% Framing Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 15.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 0.0% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 9.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 2.2% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 1.1% Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.8% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9% Horn Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.0% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 1.4% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 0.6% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst