Speaker summary
72%5 analyzed articles/videos551.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kathleen Clark results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Quote-first Misdirection, and Appeal to Emotion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 40.6% saturation with 316 hits. Analysis detected 1,052.562 faulty-reasoning hits from 551.5 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 10.5% and a BS Rank of 13% (23,538 of 26,828 speakers). This Kathleen Clark is better (less manipulative) than 87.70% of the peer group.
Kathleen Clark
Speaker details
Total words: 551.5
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

12% percentile
025507510012.3% percentile
10.5% BS Score5 analyzed videos551.5 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 40.6%40.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.6%9.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.8%1.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.2%7.2%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.2%7.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 22.8%22.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.1%4.1%

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 40.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.2%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate