Speaker summary
67%1 analyzed article/video321 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
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751009.2% percentile
8.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos321 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 31.2%31.2%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 8.8%8.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 15.0%15.0%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 14.0%14.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 14.8%14.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 9.0%9.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.4%9.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 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 GeneralizationSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos