Topic summary
⁠76%2 analyzed articles/videos791 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chicago Sports results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 732 hits. Analysis detected 3,318 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,558 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (6,401 of 16,562 topics). This Chicago Sports is worse (more manipulative) than 61.40% of the peer group.
Chicago Sports
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,558
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510061.4% percentile
3.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.6K 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 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 20.6%20.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Composition/Division: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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