Topic summary
11%2 analyzed articles/videos837 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 ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,764
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510048.8% percentile
2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.8K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 8.8%8.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.0%5.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate