Topic summary
⁠93%5 analyzed articles/videos4,779 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Halftime Show results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 16.1% saturation with 2,453 hits. Analysis detected 21,959 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,241 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (8,531 of 23,734 topics). This Halftime Show is worse (more manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group.
Halftime Show

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.1% percentile
3.1% BS Score5 analyzed articles15.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.1%16.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.4%14.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 13.2%13.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 16.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 6.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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