Topic summary
59%28 analyzed articles/videos19,560 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Justice Reform results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 9,113 hits. Analysis detected 87,203 faulty-reasoning hits from 110,480 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (15,168 of 16,558 topics). This Criminal Justice Reform is better (less manipulative) than 91.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751008.4% percentile
1.5% BS Score28 analyzed articles110.5K 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 7.9%7.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.8%7.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 7.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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