Speaker summary
⁠73%2 analyzed articles/videos142.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brendan Ballou results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Quote-first Misdirection, and Slippery Slope, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 30.8% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 571.375 faulty-reasoning hits from 142.667 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 22.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (18,218 of 28,364 speakers). This Brendan Ballou is better (less manipulative) than 64.20% of the peer group.
Brendan Ballou
Speaker details
Total words: 142.667
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

36% percentile
025507510035.8% percentile
22.1% BS Score2 analyzed videos142.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 30.8%30.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 30.8%30.8%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 30.8%30.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 38.3%38.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 40.6%40.6%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 19.2%19.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 19.2%19.2%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 15.4%15.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 30.8%30.8%

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 40.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 38.3%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 19.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 30.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 17.5%, sitewide 26.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 0.6%Anecdotal: Speaker 19.2%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 7.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 15.4%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 11.7%, sitewide 1.1%Circular Reasoning: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos