Speaker summary
68%9 analyzed articles/videos547 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kush Desai results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 29.7% saturation with 239 hits. Analysis detected 1,865.833 faulty-reasoning hits from 547 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.6% and a BS Rank of 15% (22,985 of 26,960 speakers). This Kush Desai is better (less manipulative) than 85.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510014.7% percentile
11.6% BS Score9 analyzed videos547 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 22.9%22.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 29.7%29.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 17.8%17.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 17.6%17.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 16.4%16.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 9.1%9.1%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 29.7%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 17.6%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 22.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 1.4%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 19.2%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 17.8%, sitewide 3.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.5%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 5.3%Tu Quoque: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 0.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 6.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Nature: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.2%Red Herring: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 0.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate