Speaker summary
58%7 analyzed articles/videos520 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Karl-Anthony Towns results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), In-Group Bias, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 222 hits. Analysis detected 1,038.184 faulty-reasoning hits from 520 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,476 of 28,364 speakers). This Karl-Anthony Towns is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group.
Karl-Anthony Towns

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.7% percentile
7.6% BS Score7 analyzed videos520 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 27.7%27.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 17.1%17.1%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

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 27.7%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 19.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 17.1%, sitewide 6.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 10.5%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate