Speaker summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video109.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These William K. Marshall III results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Begging the Question, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 70.9% saturation with 112 hits. Analysis detected 371 faulty-reasoning hits from 109.5 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 33.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (13,596 of 28,364 speakers). This William K. Marshall III is worse (more manipulative) than 52.10% of the peer group.
William K. Marshall III
Speaker details
Total words: 109.5
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

52% percentile
025507510052.1% percentile
33.5% BS Score1 analyzed videos109.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 70.9%70.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 38.6%38.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 24.7%24.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 22.8%22.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 24.7%24.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.1%29.1%

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 Authority: Speaker 70.9%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 38.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.1%, sitewide 15.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 24.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Speaker 22.8%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos