Speaker summary
⁠41%6 analyzed articles/videos191 analyzed words
BS Summary: These MacKenzie Elmer results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Quote-first Misdirection, and Biased Writer Voice, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 18.2% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 457.84 faulty-reasoning hits from 191 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 9.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (25,630 of 28,364 speakers). This MacKenzie Elmer is better (less manipulative) than 90.40% of the peer group.
MacKenzie Elmer
Speaker details
Total words: 191
Article count: 6
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.6% percentile
9.1% BS Score6 analyzed videos191 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 23.5%23.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.2%4.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.7%10.7%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 23.5%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Anecdotal: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 6.0%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 6.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos