Speaker summary
84% 12 analyzed articles/videos 1,768 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Joseph McBride results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Begging the Question , Appeal to Emotion , and Overconfidence Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 462.225 hits . Analysis detected 3,936.579 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,768 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (25,242 of 26,730 speakers). This Joseph McBride is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group. Joseph McBride
Speaker details
Total words: 1,768
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.6% percentile 7.1% BS Score12 analyzed videos1.8K 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 0.7% 0.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 26.1% 26.1% Begging the Question Sitewide 1.7% Speaker 20.6% 20.6% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 16.8% 16.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.9% 4.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Speaker 17.6% 17.6% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 8.9% 8.9% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 10.1% 10.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.2% 6.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% 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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 26.1%, sitewide 3.7% Begging the Question: Speaker 20.6%, sitewide 1.7% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.1%, sitewide 15.9% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Speaker 16.8%, sitewide 2.2% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 8.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 3.3% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Straw Man: Speaker 8.9%, sitewide 0.9% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 6.0% False Dilemma: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.1% Burden of Proof: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.4% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.8% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Special Pleading: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst