Speaker summary
⁠73%4 analyzed articles/videos349.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kent Walker results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Self-Serving Bias, and Slippery Slope, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 42.9% saturation with 209.976 hits. Analysis detected 1,110.458 faulty-reasoning hits from 349.333 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠17% (21,861 of 26,155 speakers). This Kent Walker is better (less manipulative) than 83.60% of the peer group.
Kent Walker

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

16% percentile
025507510016.4% percentile
12.4% BS Score4 analyzed videos349.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 42.9%42.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 24.4%24.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 24.4%24.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 19.4%19.4%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 11.7%11.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 12.5%12.5%

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 Emotion: Speaker 42.9%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 24.4%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 19.4%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 19.2%Loss Aversion: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.4%False Dilemma: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Middle Ground: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos