Topic summary
43% 1 analyzed article/video 1,523 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Civil Trial results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.4% saturation with 757 hits . Analysis detected 4,318 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,092 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (12,410 of 15,469 topics). This Civil Trial is better (less manipulative) than 80.20% of the peer group. Civil Trial
Topic details
Total words: 6,092
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
20% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 19.8% percentile 1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles6.1K 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 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.0% 7.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 12.4% 12.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 1.2% 1.2% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.6% Ad Hominem: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 2.2% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Begging the Question: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst