Speaker summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video26 analyzed words
BS Summary: These KQED’s Lesley McClurg and Guy Marzorati results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Begging the Question, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 26 hits. Analysis detected 130 faulty-reasoning hits from 26 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (2,384 of 28,364 speakers). This KQED’s Lesley McClurg and Guy Marzorati is worse (more manipulative) than 91.60% of the peer group.
KQED’s Lesley McClurg and Guy Marzorati
Speaker details
Total words: 26
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

92% percentile
025507510091.6% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos26 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 7.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos