Topic summary
92%4 analyzed articles/videos1,736 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Commentary results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 2,392 hits. Analysis detected 14,650 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,156 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of 61% (6,423 of 16,327 topics). This Sports Commentary is worse (more manipulative) than 60.70% of the peer group.
Sports Commentary
Topic details
Total words: 9,156
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510060.7% percentile
3.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles9.2K 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 26.1%26.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 7.6%7.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.2%0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 26.1%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 2.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.1%Bandwagon: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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