Speaker summary
46%5 analyzed articles/videos474.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kevin Berry results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Availability Heuristic, and Halo Effect, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 107.02 hits. Analysis detected 516.835 faulty-reasoning hits from 474.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,252 of 28,364 speakers). This Kevin Berry is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the peer group.
Kevin Berry
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.9% percentile
6.0% BS Score5 analyzed videos474.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 20.3%20.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 13.9%13.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%

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%Anecdotal: Speaker 20.3%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%AnecdotalSitewide rateSpeaker rate