Speaker summary
⁠79%2 analyzed articles/videos97.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark McManus results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Emotion, and Straw Man, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 44.5% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 404.251 faulty-reasoning hits from 97.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 26.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (16,167 of 28,364 speakers). This Mark McManus is better (less manipulative) than 57.00% of the peer group.
Mark McManus
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Speaker details
Total words: 97.667
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

43% percentile
025507510043.0% percentile
26.6% BS Score2 analyzed videos97.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 60.5%60.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 36.6%36.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 49.5%49.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 31.9%31.9%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 44.5%44.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 22.6%22.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.2%14.2%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 7.7%7.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 60.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 49.5%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 44.5%, sitewide 19.2%False Dilemma: Speaker 36.6%, sitewide 1.5%Ad Hominem: Speaker 31.9%, sitewide 2.2%Straw Man: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 0.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 22.6%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 6.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos