Topic summary
59% 30 analyzed articles/videos 20,076 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Olympics results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Emotion , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 4,960 hits . Analysis detected 62,429 faulty-reasoning hits from 83,118 analyzed words across 30 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (19,167 of 22,313 topics). This Olympics is better (less manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group. Olympics
Topic details
Total words: 83,118
Article count: 30
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 14.1% percentile 1.4% BS Score30 analyzed articles83.1K 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 5.5% 5.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst