Topic summary
37% 4 analyzed articles/videos 2,324 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Winter Sports results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 833 hits . Analysis detected 5,252 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,265 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,993 of 16,562 topics). This Winter Sports is better (less manipulative) than 84.50% of the peer group. Winter Sports
Topic details
Total words: 8,265
Article count: 4
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
16% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.5% percentile 1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 6.0% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
CBC 49% 7/22/2026, 6:50:37 AM