Topic summary
45% 38 analyzed articles/videos 17,187 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Baseball results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Hasty Generalization , and Halo Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 6,211 hits . Analysis detected 63,777 faulty-reasoning hits from 92,672 analyzed words across 38 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (15,269 of 15,755 topics). This Baseball is better (less manipulative) than 96.90% of the peer group. Baseball
Topic details
Total words: 92,672
Article count: 38
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
3% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 3.1% percentile 1.3% BS Score38 analyzed articles92.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.8% 5.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 5.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst