Topic summary
87% 57 analyzed articles/videos 23,146 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Basketball results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Halo Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 20,781 hits . Analysis detected 151,613 faulty-reasoning hits from 179,506 analyzed words across 57 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 22% (17,464 of 22,248 topics). This Basketball is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group. Basketball
Topic details
Total words: 179,506
Article count: 57
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.5% percentile 1.6% BS Score57 analyzed articles179.5K 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% Topic 4.4% 4.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 11.6% 11.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.6% 1.6% 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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 15.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 5.3% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst