Topic summary
42%16 analyzed articles/videos16,237 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Theater results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 6,806 hits. Analysis detected 40,800 faulty-reasoning hits from 63,634 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (15,530 of 15,966 topics). This Theater is better (less manipulative) than 97.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751002.7% percentile
1.2% BS Score16 analyzed articles63.6K 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 4.3%4.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.1%5.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.7%10.7%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

🏫 Trump in town50%
Rough Draft Atlanta38%By Rough Draft Staff54%7/22/2026, 12:30:00 PM
Remembering Robert Cole, who turned Cal Performances into a global powerhouse71%
Berkeleyside31%By Susan Muscarella0%7/21/2026, 8:01:03 PM
Award-winning musical 'Spamalot' stops in Atlanta July 21-2573%
Rough Draft Atlanta38%By Katie Burkholder42%7/20/2026, 10:04:41 PM
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for July 20-2670%
Portland Mercury84%By Lindsay Costello86% Mercury Staff86%7/20/2026, 8:53:39 PM
Meg Stalter Returns To Broadway's 'Oh, Mary!', Greets Stage Door Fans30%
Deadline25%By Greg Evans36%7/18/2026, 12:51:05 PM
Framing…65%Negativ…49%Ambigui…49%Biased …49%
From the farm to the stage: How Luis Valdez caught America's attention37%
Here & Now7%By Here38% Now Newsroom38%7/17/2026, 12:08:02 PM
Chicago’s day of hazardous air quality: The Rundown43%
WBEZ10%By Bianca Cseke12%7/16/2026, 8:45:00 PM
Third Thursdays, Party on the Plaza lead packed week of Borderland events2%
El Paso Matters3%By El Paso Matters Staff2%7/15/2026, 1:00:00 PM
'Wicked' irony: The Broadway musical hit with a discrimination lawsuit29%
Gothamist76%By Arun Venugopal0%6/5/2026, 10:30:00 AM
A tuneful 'The Tempest' in Forest Park sings a Shakespearean song of rage and redemption13%
STLPR0%By Jeremy D. Goodwin0%5/29/2026, 10:00:00 AM