Topic summary
62%18 analyzed articles/videos19,252 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Theater results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 6,884 hits. Analysis detected 42,100 faulty-reasoning hits from 79,663 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,069 of 21,864 topics). This Theater is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751003.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score18 analyzed articles79.7K 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 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Southwest Virginia Field Notes: You have 1 week left to fill out a survey on the possibility of bringing nuclear to Wise County5%
Cardinal News5%By Anna Rubenstein3%7/31/2026, 1:05:00 AM
A 12-Foot Puppet. A Small House. A Play On The Southwest Side About The Impact of Trees21%
Borderless Magazine NFP15%By Tara Mobasher20% Camilla Forte0%7/24/2026, 8:15:02 AM
🏫 Trump in town44%
Rough Draft Atlanta26%By Rough Draft Staff36%7/22/2026, 5:30:00 AM
Remembering Robert Cole, who turned Cal Performances into a global powerhouse58%
Berkeleyside44%By Susan Muscarella77%7/21/2026, 1:01:03 PM
Award-winning musical 'Spamalot' stops in Atlanta July 21-2559%
Rough Draft Atlanta26%By Katie Burkholder34%7/20/2026, 3:04:41 PM
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for July 20-2656%
Portland Mercury68%By Lindsay Costello65% Mercury Staff65%7/20/2026, 1:53:39 PM
Meg Stalter Returns To Broadway's 'Oh, Mary!', Greets Stage Door Fans22%
Deadline47%By Greg Evans53%7/18/2026, 5:51:05 AM
Framing…65%Negativ…49%Ambigui…49%Biased …49%
From the farm to the stage: How Luis Valdez caught America's attention27%
Here & Now18%By Here68% Now Newsroom67%7/17/2026, 5:08:02 AM
Chicago’s day of hazardous air quality: The Rundown31%
WBEZ29%By Bianca Cseke28%7/16/2026, 1:45:00 PM
Third Thursdays, Party on the Plaza lead packed week of Borderland events4%
El Paso Matters8%By El Paso Matters Staff4%7/15/2026, 6:00:00 AM