Speaker summary
⁠58%1 analyzed article/video193.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These McMahon results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 32.1% saturation with 93 hits. Analysis detected 531.562 faulty-reasoning hits from 193.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 19.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (19,518 of 28,200 speakers). This McMahon is better (less manipulative) than 69.20% of the peer group.
McMahon
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Speaker details
Total words: 193.5
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

31% percentile
025507510030.8% percentile
19.3% BS Score1 analyzed videos193.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 26.6%26.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 15.5%15.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 32.1%32.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.6%16.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 11.0%11.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 30.3%30.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 9.7%9.7%

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%Negativity Bias: Speaker 32.1%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Speaker 30.3%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.6%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 11.0%, sitewide 15.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 15.5%, sitewide 1.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 8.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos