Topic summary
⁠59%1 analyzed article/video2,227 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Major League Soccer results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 897 hits. Analysis detected 4,823 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,681 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,706 of 16,562 topics). This Major League Soccer is better (less manipulative) than 58.60% of the peer group.
Major League Soccer
Topic details
Total words: 6,681
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.4% percentile
2.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.7K 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 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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