Speaker summary
49%7 analyzed articles/videos305.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ras Baraka results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, False Dilemma, and Status Quo Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 26.2% saturation with 90.008 hits. Analysis detected 943.402 faulty-reasoning hits from 305.333 analyzed words across 7 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of 8% (26,145 of 28,364 speakers). This Ras Baraka is better (less manipulative) than 92.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

8% percentile
02550751007.8% percentile
8.3% BS Score7 analyzed videos305.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.9%5.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.4%12.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 26.2%26.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 9.7%9.7%Actor-Observer BiasSitewide 0.6%Speaker 9.1%9.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.5%9.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 9.1%9.1%

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%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 26.2%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 9.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 0.8%Halo Effect: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.7%In-Group Bias: Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.5%, sitewide 3.3%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 0.6%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 9.1%, sitewide 3.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Loss Aversion: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 2.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.7%Begging the Question: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 1.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.0%Middle Ground: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 0.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate