Speaker summary
35%9 analyzed articles/videos907.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Malcolm McHaffie results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 351 hits. Analysis detected 847.814 faulty-reasoning hits from 907.5 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,539 of 28,364 speakers). This Malcolm McHaffie is better (less manipulative) than 93.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.4% percentile
7.5% BS Score9 analyzed videos907.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 29.9%29.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 11.5%11.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 7.8%7.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 3.8%3.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 4.0%4.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 4.2%4.2%

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 29.9%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 11.5%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate