Speaker summary
⁠69%1 analyzed article/video170 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Matthew Cullen McClellan results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Sunk Cost Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.7% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 309 faulty-reasoning hits from 170 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (22,745 of 28,364 speakers). This Matthew Cullen McClellan is better (less manipulative) than 80.20% of the peer group.
Matthew Cullen McClellan
Speaker details
Total words: 170
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

20% percentile
025507510019.8% percentile
13.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos170 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 18.1%18.1%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 17.4%17.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.8%9.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 8.3%8.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 29.1%29.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 19.7%19.7%

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 29.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Speaker 18.1%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.8%, sitewide 0.8%Anecdotal: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 3.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos