Topic summary
93%1 analyzed article/video465 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Court Reporting results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.6% saturation with 357 hits. Analysis detected 2,695 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,395 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of 84% (2,700 of 16,237 topics). This Court Reporting is worse (more manipulative) than 83.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,395
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510083.4% percentile
6.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 23.4%23.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.3%15.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 8.5%8.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 25.6%25.6%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%No True ScotsmanSitewide 0.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.7%3.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 25.6%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 8.5%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 2.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.5%No True Scotsman: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.9%Indoctrination: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Horn Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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