Speaker summary
⁠48%3 analyzed articles/videos346.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These John McLaughlin results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 26.4% saturation with 138 hits. Analysis detected 562.474 faulty-reasoning hits from 346.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (24,968 of 27,299 speakers). This John McLaughlin is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the peer group.
John McLaughlin
Speaker details
Total words: 346.333
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.5% percentile
8.6% BS Score3 analyzed videos346.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 26.4%26.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.3%12.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.6%14.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.1%10.1%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 26.4%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.6%, sitewide 19.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 4.6%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos