Speaker summary
⁠92%1 analyzed article/video44 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Aaron Katon results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal and Availability Heuristic, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 63.6% saturation with 28 hits. Analysis detected 60 faulty-reasoning hits from 44 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 45.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (10,788 of 28,364 speakers). This Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Aaron Katon is worse (more manipulative) than 62.00% of the peer group.
Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Aaron Katon
Speaker details
Total words: 44
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

62% percentile
025507510062.0% percentile
45.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos44 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 63.6%63.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 36.4%36.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 36.4%36.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Halo Effect: Speaker 63.6%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 36.4%, sitewide 9.1%Halo EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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NBC News⁠35%By Bill Feather⁠0% Phil Helsel⁠6%7/10/2026, 9:07:18 PM