Speaker summary
⁠82%2 analyzed articles/videos352.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Frank McKenzie results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Optimism Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 58.8% saturation with 285 hits. Analysis detected 1,028.709 faulty-reasoning hits from 352.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 13.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (21,454 of 26,413 speakers). This Frank McKenzie is better (less manipulative) than 81.20% of the peer group.
Frank McKenzie
Speaker details
Total words: 352.5
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

19% percentile
025507510018.8% percentile
13.5% BS Score2 analyzed videos352.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 58.8%58.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 33.1%33.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 14.7%14.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 13.6%13.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 13.0%13.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 16.9%16.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 58.8%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 33.1%, sitewide 4.6%Framing Effect: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 16.9%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 1.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 7.5%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 3.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos