Topic summary
⁠98%1 analyzed article/video370 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Reporting results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 33.8% saturation with 375 hits. Analysis detected 2,579 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,110 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,759 of 16,562 topics). This Sports Reporting is worse (more manipulative) than 89.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,110
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

89% percentile
025507510089.4% percentile
8.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.1K 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 30.6%30.6%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 22.8%22.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 19.4%19.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 33.8%33.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 29.2%29.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 11.3%11.3%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Topic 6.5%6.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 33.8%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 30.6%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 29.2%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 22.8%, sitewide 1.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 19.4%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 8.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.5%, sitewide 3.3%Tu Quoque: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 0.2%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.9%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Straw Man: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.3%Circular Reasoning: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.1%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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