Speaker summary
70% 12 analyzed articles/videos 697 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matt Walsh results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Politically Right Leaning Bias , and Quote-first Misdirection , with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 35.2% saturation with 292.275 hits . Analysis detected 2,254.926 faulty-reasoning hits from 697 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.7% and a BS Rank of 7% (25,006 of 26,780 speakers). This Matt Walsh is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group. Matt Walsh
Speaker details
Total words: 697
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.6% percentile 7.7% BS Score12 analyzed videos697 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Ad Hominem Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 35.2% 35.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 0.3% 0.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 23.6% 23.6% Politically Right Leaning… Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 17.7% 17.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 21.2% 21.2% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 11.1% 11.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 2.3% 2.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 24.7% 24.7% Recency Bias Sitewide 2.7% Speaker 8.1% 8.1% Tu Quoque Sitewide 0.2% Speaker 5.3% 5.3% 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% Ad Hominem: Speaker 35.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 19.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 23.6%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 21.2%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 15.9% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 17.7%, sitewide 1.4% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 9.1% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Recency Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 2.7% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 5.3% Horn Effect: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.0% Tu Quoque: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.2% Anecdotal: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 2.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 4.6% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.1% Loss Aversion: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 2.5% Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.4% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.4% Ad Hominem Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst