Speaker summary
45% 17 analyzed articles/videos 2,725.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Kathleen Williams results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Ambiguity (Equivocation) , and Special Pleading , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 360.675 hits . Analysis detected 3,543.455 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,725.667 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 1% (43,134 of 43,503 speakers). This Kathleen Williams is better (less manipulative) than 99.20% of the peer group. Kathleen Williams
Speaker details
Total words: 2,725.667
Article count: 17
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
1% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 0.8% percentile 3.0% BS Score17 analyzed videos2.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 10.8% 10.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 4.3% 4.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Speaker 0.9% 0.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 3.2% 3.2% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 4.8% 4.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 5.0% 5.0% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.1% 3.1% 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 3.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.0%, sitewide 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 0.8% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 4.6% Special Pleading: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.3% Begging the Question: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.7% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Circular Reasoning: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 0.4% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.9% Ad Hominem: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 2.2% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst