Speaker summary
48% 24 analyzed articles/videos 1,537.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Barack Obama results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote , Quote-first Misdirection , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 27.6% saturation with 648 hits . Analysis detected 3,029.448 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,537.667 analyzed words across 24 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,620 of 28,364 speakers). This Barack Obama is better (less manipulative) than 97.40% of the peer group. Barack Obama
Speaker details
Total words: 1,537.667
Article count: 24
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Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.6% percentile 5.0% BS Score24 analyzed videos1.5K 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 6.7% 6.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.7% 4.7% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 13.6% 13.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 27.6% 27.6% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 10.1% 10.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 0.8% 0.8% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Speaker 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Speaker 2.1% 2.1% Indoctrination 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% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 27.6%, sitewide 15.9% Framing Effect: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 19.2% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 1.1% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 11.1% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 0.0% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 8.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.0% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 6.7% Straw Man: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.9% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 2.0% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.8% Indoctrination: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 0.0% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 3.1% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.4% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 2.2% Middle Ground: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.1% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Begging the Question: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst