Speaker summary
57% 15 analyzed articles/videos 860 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mark Gurman results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias , Overconfidence Bias , and Unattributed Quote , with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 263.717 hits . Analysis detected 958.549 faulty-reasoning hits from 860 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (41,520 of 43,021 speakers). This Mark Gurman is better (less manipulative) than 96.50% of the peer group. Mark Gurman
Speaker details
Total words: 860
Article count: 15
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
4% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.5% percentile 5.3% BS Score15 analyzed videos860 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 27.8% 27.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 1.9% 1.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Speaker 13.6% 13.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.3% 3.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 1.9% 1.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 6.5% 6.5% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.9% 3.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 4.4% 4.4% 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 Authority: Speaker 27.8%, sitewide 11.1% Framing Effect: Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 15.9% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 4.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 9.4%, sitewide 6.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.6% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.9%, sitewide 0.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Begging the Question: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Hindsight Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst