Topic summary
⁠95%5 analyzed articles/videos2,764 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Halftime Show results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 2,453 hits. Analysis detected 21,959 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,722 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,198 of 16,562 topics). This Halftime Show is worse (more manipulative) than 62.60% of the peer group.
Halftime Show
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510062.6% percentile
3.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles12.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.3%17.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 15.8%15.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 19.3%19.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.5%12.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.5%5.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 19.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.3%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 6.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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