Speaker summary
⁠48%1 analyzed article/video137 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jamie Kalven results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Negativity Bias, and Recency Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 29% saturation with 67 hits. Analysis detected 386 faulty-reasoning hits from 137 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 23.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (26,638 of 44,940 speakers). This Jamie Kalven is better (less manipulative) than 59.30% of the peer group.
Jamie Kalven
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠41%Jamie Kalven (selected)24%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details
Total words: 137
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

41% percentile
025507510040.7% percentile
23.9% BS Score1 analyzed videos137 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 29.0%29.0%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 29.0%29.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 29.0%29.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 29.0%29.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 29.0%29.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 9.5%9.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 19.2%Recency Bias: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 29.0%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Steel and solidarity⁠33%
Chicago Reader⁠47%By Kat Sachs⁠56%7/31/2026, 9:42:40 AM