Topic summary
31%5 analyzed articles/videos1,479 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Court Cases results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 825 hits. Analysis detected 7,546 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,476 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 26% (11,678 of 15,753 topics). This Court Cases is better (less manipulative) than 74.10% of the peer group.
Court Cases

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510025.9% percentile
2.1% BS Score5 analyzed articles9.5K 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 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.6%8.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate