Speaker summary
⁠31%1 analyzed article/video118.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kirby Smart results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, In-Group Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 22.2% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 87 faulty-reasoning hits from 118.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (26,061 of 28,364 speakers). This Kirby Smart is better (less manipulative) than 91.90% of the peer group.
Kirby Smart
Speaker details
Total words: 118.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751008.1% percentile
8.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos118.5 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 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 22.2%22.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 10.6%10.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.2%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 19.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos