Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video442 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Scandals results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Politically Left Leaning Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16% saturation with 282 hits. Analysis detected 1,972 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,768 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (5,000 of 23,389 topics). This Sports Scandals is worse (more manipulative) than 78.60% of the peer group.
Sports Scandals
Topic details
Total words: 1,768
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.6% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 10.0%10.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.9%11.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 8.1%8.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 7.5%7.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 2.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 8.1%, sitewide 3.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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