Topic summary
44%12 analyzed articles/videos8,045 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Trade Deadline results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 2,346 hits. Analysis detected 18,699 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,136 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 7% (22,993 of 24,566 topics). This Trade Deadline is better (less manipulative) than 93.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.4% percentile
1.1% BS Score12 analyzed articles38.1K 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 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Optimis…5%
Red Sox expect to activate catcher Adley Rutschman for Tuesday’s game2%
Boston Herald55%By Gabrielle Starr58%8/10/2026, 2:54:16 PM
How does Edward Cabrera, on road back from hamstring injury, fit into Cubs’ pitching puzzle upon return?26%
Chicago Sun-Times49%By Vinnie Duber43%8/7/2026, 5:46:02 PM
Yankees forced to fall back on internal options after underwhelming trade deadline59%
New York Daily News87%By Gary Phillips60%8/4/2026, 8:53:36 AM
Baseball’s trade deadline: The Dodgers (and Red Sox?!) are going for it. Is anybody else?21%
Baltimore Sun47%By Associated Press74%8/3/2026, 10:26:03 PM
White Sox GM Chris Getz accomplishes his goals; will that help players accomplish theirs?9%
Chicago Sun-Times49%By Jeff Agrest11%8/3/2026, 6:05:40 PM
Guardians strengthen rotation, offense as they chase White Sox in AL Central29%
Chicago Sun-Times49%By AP58%8/3/2026, 4:54:16 PM
Red Sox trade Marcelo Mayer to Giants for reliever Erik Miller52%
Boston Herald55%By Gabrielle Starr58%8/3/2026, 2:29:01 PM
Red Sox acquiring three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman48%
Boston Herald55%By Gabrielle Starr58%8/3/2026, 11:59:52 AM
One year later: How Buster Posey fared at his first trade deadline with the Giants53%
The San Francisco Standard57%By Kerry Crowley80%8/3/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Los Dodgers sacuden las mayores con Tarik Skubal y refuerzan su estatus de ‘enemigo público’57%
Hartford Courant21%By Associated Press Spanish35%8/2/2026, 9:18:59 PM