Topic summary
⁠66%1 analyzed article/video518 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Appellate Courts results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 33% saturation with 513 hits. Analysis detected 1,837 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,554 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠79% (3,527 of 16,562 topics). This Appellate Courts is worse (more manipulative) than 78.70% of the peer group.
Appellate Courts
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,554
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

79% percentile
025507510078.7% percentile
5.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 33.0%33.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.9%12.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 33.0%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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