Speaker summary
⁠67%1 analyzed article/video60 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meg Loughran Cappel results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 32.6% saturation with 28 hits. Analysis detected 184.535 faulty-reasoning hits from 60 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 22.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (18,054 of 28,364 speakers). This Meg Loughran Cappel is better (less manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.
Meg Loughran Cappel
Speaker details
Total words: 60
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.4% percentile
22.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos60 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 42.5%42.5%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 24.9%24.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 32.6%32.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 17.0%17.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 22.1%22.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 23.3%23.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.1%22.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%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%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 42.5%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 32.6%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 24.9%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 23.3%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 22.1%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 17.0%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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