Speaker summary
⁠33%3 analyzed articles/videos381 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kavanaugh results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Quote-first Misdirection as the most egregious example at 21.6% saturation with 115 hits. Analysis detected 480 faulty-reasoning hits from 381 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (23,359 of 28,364 speakers). This Kavanaugh is better (less manipulative) than 82.40% of the peer group.
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Speaker details
Total words: 381
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510017.6% percentile
12.9% BS Score3 analyzed videos381 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 21.6%21.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.8%20.8%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.2%9.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.2%9.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 16.5%16.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 21.6%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.8%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.2%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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