Speaker summary
56%6 analyzed articles/videos284.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Jonathan Karl results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 25.6% saturation with 82.341 hits. Analysis detected 447.533 faulty-reasoning hits from 284.667 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.2% and a BS Rank of 9% (40,775 of 44,777 speakers). This Jonathan Karl is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the peer group.
Jonathan Karl
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
9%Jonathan Karl (selected)9%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.9% percentile
8.2% BS Score6 analyzed videos284.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 25.6%25.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 5.5%5.5%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Speaker 7.9%7.9%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.7%5.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 12.8%12.8%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Speaker 3.7%3.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 7.7%7.7%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 26.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 25.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 0.8%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.8%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.4%, sitewide 11.1%Straw Man: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.9%Anecdotal: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 5.2%Bandwagon: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 0.4%False Dilemma: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate