Speaker summary
39% 15 analyzed articles/videos 2,602.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kathleen Williams results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Ambiguity (Equivocation) , and Special Pleading , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 360.738 hits . Analysis detected 3,542.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,602.333 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of 1% (25,567 of 25,757 speakers). This Kathleen Williams is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group. Kathleen Williams
Speaker details
Total words: 2,602.333
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.7% percentile 3.1% BS Score15 analyzed videos2.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 11.2% 11.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.5% 4.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 3.3% 3.3% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.2% 5.2% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.2% 3.2% 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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.8% Special Pleading: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 4.6% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.0% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.1% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.4% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst