Speaker summary
68% 1 analyzed article/video 301 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kim Bergel results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Halo Effect , and Optimism Bias , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26.3% saturation with 125 hits . Analysis detected 723.82 faulty-reasoning hits from 301 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.9% and a BS Rank of 12% (25,182 of 28,364 speakers). This Kim Bergel is better (less manipulative) than 88.80% of the peer group. Kim Bergel
Speaker details
Total words: 301
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.2% percentile 9.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos301 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 26.3% 26.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 15.3% 15.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 13.0% 13.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 13.7% 13.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 18.1% 18.1% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.5% 6.5% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Speaker 6.7% 6.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 7.1% 7.1% 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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 15.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 13.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.6%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 7.5% Primacy Effect: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 0.9% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.1% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 0.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst