Speaker summary
⁠58%3 analyzed articles/videos113.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Melinda Katz results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 34.6% saturation with 49.173 hits. Analysis detected 297.759 faulty-reasoning hits from 113.667 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠25% (21,414 of 28,364 speakers). This Melinda Katz is better (less manipulative) than 75.50% of the peer group.
Melinda Katz
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Speaker details
Total words: 113.667
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

25% percentile
025507510024.5% percentile
16.1% BS Score3 analyzed videos113.7 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 19.9%19.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 34.6%34.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Blind-Spot BiasSitewide 0.2%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 18.5%18.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.2%20.2%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 11.8%11.8%

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 34.6%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 19.9%, sitewide 0.0%Negativity Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 18.5%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 5.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 1.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos