Topic summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos3,349 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Masters Tournament results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Halo Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 2,013 hits. Analysis detected 15,745 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,972 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (7,239 of 16,562 topics). This Masters Tournament is worse (more manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.
Masters Tournament
Topic details
Total words: 11,972
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.3% percentile
3.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles12K 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 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.8%16.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 8.3%8.3%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.4%6.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 0.5%Recency Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos