Speaker summary
59%8 analyzed articles/videos681.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Kaine results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Confirmation Bias, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.4% saturation with 189 hits. Analysis detected 1,713.523 faulty-reasoning hits from 681.667 analyzed words across 8 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 6.1% and a BS Rank of 4% (27,228 of 28,364 speakers). This Tim Kaine is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group.
Tim Kaine

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.0% percentile
6.1% BS Score8 analyzed videos681.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 11.1%11.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.1%5.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.0%12.0%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.4%11.4%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Speaker 6.5%6.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 6.6%6.6%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 5.0%5.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 6.6%6.6%

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 11.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 16.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 7.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 2.7%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Begging the Question: Speaker 7.1%, sitewide 1.7%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 6.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 2.2%Personal Incredulity: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 0.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 0.6%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 0.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate