Speaker summary
36%7 analyzed articles/videos223.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mike Rounds results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 18.4% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 415.494 faulty-reasoning hits from 223.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 10% (25,753 of 28,364 speakers). This Mike Rounds is better (less manipulative) than 90.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751009.2% percentile
8.9% BS Score7 analyzed videos223.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 13.2%13.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 14.9%14.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.9%3.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 19.2%19.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 14.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 13.2%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate