Topic summary
40% 14 analyzed articles/videos 10,559 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime & Courts results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 3,706 hits . Analysis detected 30,366 faulty-reasoning hits from 43,160 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (14,682 of 15,752 topics). This Crime & Courts is better (less manipulative) than 93.20% of the peer group. Crime & Courts
Topic details
Total words: 43,160
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
7% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 6.8% percentile 1.5% BS Score14 analyzed articles43.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.9% 7.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.3% 7.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.9% 2.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst