Topic summary
⁠39%2 analyzed articles/videos1,145 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chicago Cubs results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 291 hits. Analysis detected 1,719 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,435 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠17% (13,869 of 16,562 topics). This Chicago Cubs is better (less manipulative) than 83.70% of the peer group.
Chicago Cubs
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Topic details
Total words: 3,435
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.3% percentile
1.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.4K 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 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.9%6.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Composition/Division: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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