Speaker summary
⁠73%2 analyzed articles/videos598 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kevin McMahill results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Status Quo Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 107 hits. Analysis detected 1,348.812 faulty-reasoning hits from 598 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (27,358 of 28,364 speakers). This Kevin McMahill is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group.
Kevin McMahill
Speaker details
Total words: 598
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751003.5% percentile
5.8% BS Score2 analyzed videos598 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.8%1.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.6%5.6%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 19.2%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 2.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.8%Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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