Speaker summary
⁠49%2 analyzed articles/videos249 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maureen Durkin results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 34.3% saturation with 114 hits. Analysis detected 581 faulty-reasoning hits from 249 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 17.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (20,606 of 28,364 speakers). This Maureen Durkin is better (less manipulative) than 72.60% of the peer group.
Maureen Durkin
Speaker details
Total words: 249
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510027.4% percentile
17.5% BS Score2 analyzed videos249 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 31.3%31.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 34.3%34.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 9.3%9.3%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 34.3%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 31.3%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 3.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 6.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos