Speaker summary
⁠72%1 analyzed article/video130.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Ferguson results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 63.5% saturation with 93.375 hits. Analysis detected 431.625 faulty-reasoning hits from 130.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 41.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (11,262 of 27,853 speakers). This Mark Ferguson is worse (more manipulative) than 59.60% of the peer group.
Mark Ferguson
Speaker details
Total words: 130.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

60% percentile
025507510059.6% percentile
41.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos130.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 63.5%63.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 45.9%45.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 37.8%37.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 37.8%37.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 28.3%28.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 45.9%45.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.4%34.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 63.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 45.9%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 45.9%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 37.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 37.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 34.4%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 28.3%, sitewide 6.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos