Speaker summary
64% 8 analyzed articles/videos 379 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dave McCormick results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Hasty Generalization , and Framing Effect , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 23.1% saturation with 101.092 hits . Analysis detected 765.306 faulty-reasoning hits from 379 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,579 of 28,364 speakers). This Dave McCormick is better (less manipulative) than 93.70% of the peer group. Dave McCormick
Speaker details
Total words: 379
Article count: 8
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.3% percentile 7.4% BS Score8 analyzed videos379 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% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 2.5% 2.5% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 23.1% 23.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 13.3% 13.3% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 11.4% 11.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 11.8% 11.8% 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 10.6%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 23.1%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 13.3%, sitewide 6.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 8.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 6.0% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 3.3% In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.9% Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.4% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 3.7% False Dilemma: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.6% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.4% Indoctrination: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst