Speaker summary
83%1 analyzed article/video54.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Keith Higginbotham results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 61% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 233.319 faulty-reasoning hits from 54.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 40% and a BS Rank of 59% (11,888 of 28,364 speakers). This Keith Higginbotham is worse (more manipulative) than 58.10% of the peer group.
Keith Higginbotham
Speaker details
Total words: 54.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

58% percentile
025507510058.1% percentile
40.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos54.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 69.5%69.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 51.2%51.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 61.0%61.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 30.5%30.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 30.5%30.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 17.7%17.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 36.6%36.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 22.8%22.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 69.5%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 61.0%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 51.2%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 36.6%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 9.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 0.4%Optimism Bias: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 6.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 17.7%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos