Topic summary
6%4 analyzed articles/videos1,914 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mlb Draft results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 864 hits. Analysis detected 4,429 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,193 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (14,410 of 16,246 topics). This Mlb Draft is better (less manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 8,193
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.2K 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 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.1%0.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.6%10.6%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.3%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate