Speaker summary
⁠62%1 analyzed article/video44 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John Kirk results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 132 faulty-reasoning hits from 44 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠93% (2,037 of 26,155 speakers). This John Kirk is worse (more manipulative) than 92.20% of the peer group.
John Kirk
Speaker details
Total words: 44
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

92% percentile
025507510092.2% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos44 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The war that defined America⁠53%
Salon.com⁠76%By Troy Farah⁠74%7/4/2026, 10:30:52 AM