The View from Pluto 78%

By Amanda Rabinowitz89%

1/14/2016, 7:28:01 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 92.6% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 186 faulty-reasoning hits from 54 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 69.4% and a BS Rank of 78% (4,880 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 77.70% of the article peer group.

Bringing you a new perspective on Ohio sports every Wednesday morning. 
The View from Terry Pluto is more than just a score; we are here to up your game with a deeper insight on sports stories. 
Go beyond the stats to explore how sports, teams, and athletics influence our world. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 1.3%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.8%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 92.6%Amanda Rabinowitz: 23.1%Ideastream Public Media: 3.4%Framing Effect92.6%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 46.3%Amanda Rabinowitz: 23.1%Ideastream Public Media: 3.2%Optimism Bias46.3%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 1.3%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 9.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 2.2%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 46.3%Amanda Rabinowitz: 11.6%Ideastream Public Media: 2.1%Appeal to Emotion46.3%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 20.4%Amanda Rabinowitz: 28.2%Ideastream Public Media: 5.4%Biased Writer Voice20.4%This article: 72.2%Amanda Rabinowitz: 24.5%Ideastream Public Media: 4.2%Indoctrination72.2%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Amanda Rabinowitz: 0.0%Ideastream Public Media: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 66.7%Amanda Rabinowitz: 63.0%Ideastream Public Media: 7.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…66.7%

54 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker46%attributed speech29writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageTerry Pluto • 25 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Terry Pluto

100%flagged-word coverage
25 attributed words100% of attributed speech86% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +62.1 ptsWriter: 37.9%Terry Pluto: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination+51.7 ptsWriter: 48.3%Terry Pluto: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-37.9 ptsWriter: 37.9%Terry Pluto: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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