Topic summary
⁠65%3 analyzed articles/videos1,461 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Franchises results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 14.5% saturation with 1,172 hits. Analysis detected 8,266 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,076 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (10,079 of 16,562 topics). This Sports Franchises is better (less manipulative) than 60.90% of the peer group.
Sports Franchises
Topic details
Total words: 8,076
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

39% percentile
025507510039.1% percentile
2.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles8.1K 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 8.0%8.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 14.5%14.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.6%8.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.0%9.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos