Speaker summary
44%7 analyzed articles/videos597.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Folarin Balogun results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Actor-Observer Bias, and Anecdotal, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 104.079 hits. Analysis detected 497.633 faulty-reasoning hits from 597.667 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of 2% (27,310 of 27,836 speakers). This Folarin Balogun is better (less manipulative) than 98.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751001.9% percentile
4.4% BS Score7 analyzed videos597.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.7%15.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 8.5%8.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.8%0.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.4%4.4%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Special PleadingSitewide 0.3%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 4.4%4.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 15.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.7%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 0.6%Indoctrination: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Begging the Question: Speaker 3.3%, sitewide 1.7%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 0.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate