Topic summary
37%4 analyzed articles/videos2,324 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 ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,265
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.5% percentile
1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.3K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate