Topic summary
⁠26%1 analyzed article/video620 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Clergy Abuse Lawsuits results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.9% saturation with 296 hits. Analysis detected 1,212 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,480 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (8,158 of 21,341 topics). This Clergy Abuse Lawsuits is worse (more manipulative) than 61.80% of the peer group.
Clergy Abuse Lawsuits
Topic details
Total words: 2,480
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510061.8% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.6%11.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.9%11.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.0%4.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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