Topic summary
⁠59%2 analyzed articles/videos671 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Courts & Law results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 17.8% saturation with 537 hits. Analysis detected 2,715 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,023 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (7,873 of 16,562 topics). This Courts & Law is worse (more manipulative) than 52.50% of the peer group.
Courts & Law
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510052.5% percentile
3.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.4%5.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.1%15.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 17.8%17.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 17.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.4%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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