Speaker summary
42% 29 analyzed articles/videos 2,876 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Elena Kagan results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Pessimism Bias , and Appeal to Authority , with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 548 hits . Analysis detected 3,662.255 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,876 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 1% (27,727 of 27,841 speakers). This Elena Kagan is better (less manipulative) than 99.60% of the peer group. Elena Kagan
Speaker details
Total words: 2,876
Article count: 29
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
0% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.4% percentile 2.6% BS Score29 analyzed videos2.9K 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% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 11.5% 11.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.0% 4.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 0.7% 0.7% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.1% 5.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.7% 2.7% 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 4.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 3.3% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.0% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 4.0% Recency Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst