Speaker summary
⁠70%2 analyzed articles/videos168.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tricia McLaughlin results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Ad Hominem, Appeal to Authority, and Self-Serving Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 68.5% saturation with 170 hits. Analysis detected 468.894 faulty-reasoning hits from 168.5 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (18,096 of 28,364 speakers). This Tricia McLaughlin is better (less manipulative) than 63.80% of the peer group.
Tricia McLaughlin
Speaker details
Total words: 168.5
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510036.2% percentile
22.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos168.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 68.5%68.5%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Speaker 38.5%38.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 23.0%23.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 19.8%19.8%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 23.0%23.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 8.5%8.5%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 1.6%1.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 68.5%, sitewide 15.9%Ad Hominem: Speaker 38.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 23.0%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 23.0%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 19.8%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 0.8%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 0.6%Straw Man: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos