Topic summary
⁠86%1 analyzed article/video506 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sports Controversy results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Straw Man, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and False Dilemma, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 302 hits. Analysis detected 1,607 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,518 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (3,361 of 24,545 topics). This Sports Controversy is worse (more manipulative) than 86.30% of the peer group.
Sports Controversy
Topic details
Total words: 1,518
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

86% percentile
025507510086.3% percentile
5.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 3.8%3.8%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 16.7%16.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 19.9%19.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 15.6%15.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 11.0%11.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 3.3%3.3%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 19.9%, sitewide 5.3%Straw Man: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 15.6%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Begging the Question: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Red Herring: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.7%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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