Speaker summary
⁠97%1 analyzed article/video72 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dan McGrath results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 96 hits. Analysis detected 540 faulty-reasoning hits from 72 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 75% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (5,364 of 28,364 speakers). This Dan McGrath is worse (more manipulative) than 81.10% of the peer group.
Dan McGrath
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Speaker details
Total words: 72
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

81% percentile
025507510081.1% percentile
75.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos72 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%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 75.0%75.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 75.0%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 0.4%Horn Effect: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 1.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos