Speaker summary
⁠82%1 analyzed article/video78.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tim Macdonald results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 86.9% saturation with 76.875 hits. Analysis detected 424.125 faulty-reasoning hits from 78.667 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 50.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (8,241 of 28,364 speakers). This Tim Macdonald is worse (more manipulative) than 70.90% of the peer group.
Tim Macdonald
Speaker details
Total words: 78.667
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

71% percentile
025507510070.9% percentile
50.4% BS Score1 analyzed videos78.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–100%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 86.9%86.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 60.6%60.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 76.3%76.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 52.5%52.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 50.0%50.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 26.3%26.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 48.7%48.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 26.3%26.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 86.9%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 76.3%, sitewide 19.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 60.6%, sitewide 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 52.5%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 50.0%, sitewide 2.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 48.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 26.3%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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