Topic summary
48%4 analyzed articles/videos2,942 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Major Championships results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 1,503 hits. Analysis detected 7,455 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,686 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,506 of 15,690 topics). This Major Championships is better (less manipulative) than 79.70% of the peer group.
Major Championships
Topic details
Total words: 9,686
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.3% percentile
1.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.7K 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 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.5%15.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Recency Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate