Topic summary
⁠0%5 analyzed articles/videos760 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime & Legal results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Unattributed Quote, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 418 hits. Analysis detected 2,738 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,560 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (7,087 of 16,562 topics). This Crime & Legal is worse (more manipulative) than 57.20% of the peer group.
Crime & Legal
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,560
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510057.2% percentile
3.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles3.6K 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 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.7%11.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 7.5%7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.8%1.8%

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 8.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 7.0%, sitewide 0.8%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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