Speaker summary
67% 1 analyzed article/video 321 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Morgan McSweeney results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Overconfidence Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 31.2% saturation with 104.849 hits . Analysis detected 675.493 faulty-reasoning hits from 321 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.9% and a BS Rank of 10% (25,748 of 28,364 speakers). This Morgan McSweeney is better (less manipulative) than 90.80% of the peer group. Morgan McSweeney
Speaker details
Total words: 321
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.2% percentile 8.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos321 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Speaker SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 31.2% 31.2% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 8.8% 8.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Speaker 15.0% 15.0% Hindsight Bias Sitewide 1.4% Speaker 14.0% 14.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 14.8% 14.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Speaker 12.8% 12.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 9.0% 9.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 9.4% 9.4% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.2% 2.2% 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% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 31.2%, sitewide 8.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 15.9% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 15.0%, sitewide 1.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 6.0% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 14.0%, sitewide 1.4% Anecdotal: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.8%, sitewide 9.1% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 9.0%, sitewide 4.6% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 7.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 3.3% False Dilemma: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.9% Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst