Speaker summary
⁠70%1 analyzed article/video88 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kenneth Marcus results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, False Dilemma, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 77.3% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 380 faulty-reasoning hits from 88 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 39.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (12,043 of 28,364 speakers). This Kenneth Marcus is worse (more manipulative) than 57.50% of the peer group.
Kenneth Marcus
Speaker details
Total words: 88
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

58% percentile
025507510057.5% percentile
39.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos88 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 77.3%77.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 38.6%38.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 38.6%38.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 22.7%22.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 77.3%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 0.0%In-Group Bias: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 19.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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