Topic summary
53%6 analyzed articles/videos4,119 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Athletics results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 1,339 hits. Analysis detected 16,585 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,110 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (11,630 of 15,754 topics). This Athletics is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
Athletics

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.2% percentile
2.1% BS Score6 analyzed articles17.1K 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 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 7.0%7.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.2%2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 0.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate