Speaker summary
⁠71%4 analyzed articles/videos483.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kirk Watson results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 14.9% saturation with 72.233 hits. Analysis detected 618.033 faulty-reasoning hits from 483.5 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (26,465 of 28,364 speakers). This Kirk Watson is better (less manipulative) than 93.30% of the peer group.
Kirk Watson
Speaker details
Total words: 483.5
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

7% percentile
02550751006.7% percentile
7.7% BS Score4 analyzed videos483.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.6%14.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.9%11.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 5.4%5.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 3.2%3.2%

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 14.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 6.9%Straw Man: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.5%Middle Ground: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos