Topic summary
83%11 analyzed articles/videos8,605 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lionel Messi results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 5,488 hits. Analysis detected 31,126 faulty-reasoning hits from 36,070 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 29% (17,265 of 24,113 topics). This Lionel Messi is better (less manipulative) than 71.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.4% percentile
1.7% BS Score11 analyzed articles36.1K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.2%15.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Argentina se despierta con dolor, pero con agradecimiento a su selección y a su capitán67%
WTOP50%By WTOP Staff42%7/20/2026, 5:40:17 AM
Spain outlasts Argentina to complete a star-studded World Cup final22%
The Philadelphia Inquirer42%By Jonathan Tannenwald43%7/19/2026, 7:42:16 PM
The American World Cup: Messi lost, but the Muppets sang51%
Salon.com85%By CK Smith58%7/19/2026, 4:34:38 PM
Lionel Messi Heartbroken After Argentina's World Cup Final Loss, Likely End to Int'l Career96%
Breitbart89%By Dylan Gwinn78%7/19/2026, 2:18:01 PM
Spain wins the World Cup by beating Argentina in extra time26%
Las Vegas Sun64%By Associated Press74%7/19/2026, 8:10:00 AM
Spain v Argentina LIVE: Messi sends emotional message to holders ahead of tonight’s blockbuster World Cup final53%
The Independent82%By Alex Pattle61% Chris Wilson61%7/19/2026, 6:01:23 AM
How Donald Trump Won the World Cup44%
Newsweek61%By Jesus Mesa50%7/19/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Are England football coaches all raving mad?83%
spiked96%By Mick Hume94%7/16/2026, 7:00:17 AM
The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday49%
ABC News45%By TIM REYNOLDS AP sports writer69%7/15/2026, 2:48:55 PM
Kansas City debuts as a World Cup city with Argentina-Algeria match. Here's what we saw12%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR76%By Gabe Rosenberg63%6/16/2026, 1:55:10 PM