Topic summary
⁠0%3 analyzed articles/videos1,411 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Journalism results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 31.5% saturation with 1,722 hits. Analysis detected 7,677 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,471 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (7,314 of 16,558 topics). This Sports Journalism is worse (more manipulative) than 55.80% of the peer group.
Sports Journalism
Topic details
Total words: 5,471
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510055.8% percentile
3.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.5K 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 31.5%31.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 15.2%15.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 31.5%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos