Topic summary
64% 62 analyzed articles/videos 34,507 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Baseball results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Optimism Bias , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 9,425 hits . Analysis detected 90,708 faulty-reasoning hits from 155,600 analyzed words across 62 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (20,713 of 21,823 topics). This Baseball is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group. Baseball
Topic details
Total words: 155,600
Article count: 62
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.1% percentile 1.1% BS Score62 analyzed articles155.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst