Speaker summary
51%5 analyzed articles/videos113 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Knicks results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 33.3% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 148 faulty-reasoning hits from 113 analyzed words across 5 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 22.9% and a BS Rank of 37% (16,355 of 25,697 speakers). This Knicks is better (less manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.4% percentile
22.9% BS Score5 analyzed videos113 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 33.3%33.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 31.0%31.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.9%20.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 14.7%14.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 14.7%14.7%

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%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 33.3%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Speaker 31.0%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.9%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 14.7%, sitewide 6.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide rateSpeaker rate