Speaker summary
⁠75%2 analyzed articles/videos77.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Aaron Katon results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Bandwagon, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 54.7% saturation with 41.306 hits. Analysis detected 180.791 faulty-reasoning hits from 77.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 40.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (17,677 of 45,468 speakers). This Aaron Katon is worse (more manipulative) than 61.10% of the peer group.
Aaron Katon
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠62%Aaron Katon (selected)41%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 77.667
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

61% percentile
025507510061.1% percentile
40.4% BS Score2 analyzed videos77.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 59.4%59.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 54.7%54.7%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 36.2%36.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 30.5%30.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 31.1%31.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 30.5%30.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 59.4%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 54.7%, sitewide 8.1%Bandwagon: Speaker 36.2%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Speaker 31.1%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 30.5%, sitewide 9.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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NBC News⁠59%By Bill Feather⁠0% Phil Helsel⁠16%7/10/2026, 9:07:18 PM
Randolph Mantooth⁠14%
Yahoo Entertainment⁠58%By Bill Feather⁠0%7/10/2026, 9:07:18 PM