Topic summary
⁠11%1 analyzed article/video1,086 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Court Testimony results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 336 hits. Analysis detected 1,718 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,258 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (10,545 of 16,562 topics). This Court Testimony is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group.
Court Testimony
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,258
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

36% percentile
025507510036.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.3%10.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.1%4.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Indoctrination: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.7%Special Pleading: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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