Speaker summary
55% 7 analyzed articles/videos 313.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jim McGovern results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , False Dilemma , and Politically Left Leaning Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 22.6% saturation with 87.583 hits . Analysis detected 770.609 faulty-reasoning hits from 313.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.8% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,391 of 28,364 speakers). This Jim McGovern is better (less manipulative) than 93.00% of the peer group. Jim McGovern
Speaker details
Total words: 313.667
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 7.0% percentile 7.8% BS Score7 analyzed videos313.7 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 8.5% 8.5% False Dilemma Sitewide 1.5% Speaker 17.3% 17.3% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 11.3% 11.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 9.9% 9.9% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Speaker 11.0% 11.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 8.6% 8.6% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Speaker 8.5% 8.5% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 22.6% 22.6% 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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 19.2% False Dilemma: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 1.5% Straw Man: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 0.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 11.1% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 2.0% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 0.0% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 1.9% Tu Quoque: Speaker 8.6%, sitewide 0.2% Red Herring: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 0.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 6.9% Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.4% Special Pleading: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.3% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.8% Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.2% Begging the Question: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst