Topic summary
11% 2 analyzed articles/videos 837 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Appeals Court results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Pessimism Bias , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 243 hits . Analysis detected 2,085 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,764 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of 49% (8,486 of 16,558 topics). This Appeals Court is better (less manipulative) than 51.20% of the peer group. Appeals Court
Topic details
Total words: 2,764
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
49% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 48.8% percentile 2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.8K 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 4.1% 4.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.7% 8.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Pessimism Bias Sitewide 1.9% Topic 5.6% 5.6% 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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 3.7% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.9% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.5% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% Begging the Question: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.7% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.4% Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.4% Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.3% Burden of Proof: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.4% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst