Speaker summary
⁠84%1 analyzed article/video205.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph D. McBride results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 43.6% saturation with 89.625 hits. Analysis detected 639.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 205.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 24.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (15,758 of 25,877 speakers). This Joseph D. McBride is better (less manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group.
Joseph D. McBride
Speaker details
Total words: 205.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

39% percentile
025507510039.1% percentile
24.7% BS Score1 analyzed videos205.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 32.9%32.9%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 43.6%43.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 32.5%32.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 28.5%28.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 16.1%16.1%

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 Emotion: Speaker 43.6%, sitewide 15.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 32.9%, sitewide 0.4%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 32.5%, sitewide 7.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 28.5%, sitewide 3.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 1.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 16.1%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos