Speaker summary
⁠39%5 analyzed articles/videos130.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jakob McWhinney results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.8% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 428.513 faulty-reasoning hits from 130.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 10% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (25,163 of 28,364 speakers). This Jakob McWhinney is better (less manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.
Jakob McWhinney
Speaker details
Total words: 130.667
Article count: 5
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

11% percentile
025507510011.3% percentile
10.0% BS Score5 analyzed videos130.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 20.6%20.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.9%20.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 4.2%4.2%

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 12.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 9.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 3.3%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos