Speaker summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos184 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Meghan McCain results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 34% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 492.393 faulty-reasoning hits from 184 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 21.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠35% (18,565 of 28,364 speakers). This Meghan McCain is better (less manipulative) than 65.50% of the peer group.
Meghan McCain
Speaker details
Total words: 184
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

35% percentile
025507510034.5% percentile
21.4% BS Score3 analyzed videos184 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 35.6%35.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 34.0%34.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 39.9%39.9%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 19.7%19.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 22.2%22.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 35.6%35.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 19.3%19.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 18.2%18.2%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 39.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 35.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Speaker 35.6%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 34.0%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 22.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 9.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 19.3%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 7.5%Special Pleading: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 0.3%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.4%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 6.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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