Speaker summary
66%4 analyzed articles/videos536 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cynthia Kaiser results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 30.9% saturation with 177.392 hits. Analysis detected 1,205.392 faulty-reasoning hits from 536 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.1% and a BS Rank of 18% (35,931 of 43,616 speakers). This Cynthia Kaiser is better (less manipulative) than 82.40% of the peer group.
Cynthia Kaiser
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
0%Paul Heideman1%
0%The Brookings Institution1%
0%Conor Heffernan1%
0%Gen Jack Keane1%
0%Katy Longshore1%
18%Cynthia Kaiser (selected)13%
100%291 Brewhouse100%
100%21 Grams100%
100%2035 Initiative100%
100%1X representative100%
100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510017.6% percentile
12.1% BS Score4 analyzed videos536 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 30.9%30.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 24.5%24.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 15.6%15.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 12.1%12.1%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Speaker 12.6%12.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 10.9%10.9%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 7.9%7.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 7.0%7.0%

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 30.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 24.5%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 18.6%, sitewide 15.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 15.6%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 12.6%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 12.1%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 1.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.9%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate