Speaker summary
77%12 analyzed articles/videos673 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Megyn Kelly results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 29.8% saturation with 277 hits. Analysis detected 1,706.451 faulty-reasoning hits from 673 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of 7% (26,638 of 28,364 speakers). This Megyn Kelly is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

6% percentile
02550751006.1% percentile
7.3% BS Score12 analyzed videos673 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 23.4%23.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.8%29.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.9%12.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 11.9%11.9%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%

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 29.8%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 23.4%, sitewide 8.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 19.2%In-Group Bias: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 6.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 11.9%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 5.2%Tu Quoque: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 2.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate