Speaker summary
⁠53%1 analyzed article/video323.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Phil McRae results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 24.9% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 965.067 faulty-reasoning hits from 323.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 11.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠14% (24,472 of 28,364 speakers). This Phil McRae is better (less manipulative) than 86.30% of the peer group.
Phil McRae
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠0%Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.1%
⁠14%Phil McRae (selected)12%
⁠100%4MATIV100%
⁠100%42nd Avenue and High Street I-880 access improvement project page100%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
Speaker details
Total words: 323.667
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510013.7% percentile
11.1% BS Score1 analyzed videos323.7 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 24.9%24.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 18.8%18.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.4%13.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.3%8.3%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 7.6%7.6%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 6.3%6.3%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 13.4%, sitewide 26.9%Indoctrination: Speaker 24.9%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 1.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 19.0%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 18.8%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.2%, sitewide 7.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 7.6%, sitewide 2.0%Straw Man: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.9%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 2.5%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.8%Blind-Spot Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos