Topic summary
⁠15%3 analyzed articles/videos1,512 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Federal Sentencing results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.3% saturation with 519 hits. Analysis detected 2,907 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,573 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (14,905 of 16,559 topics). This Federal Sentencing is better (less manipulative) than 90.00% of the peer group.
Federal Sentencing
Topic details
Total words: 5,573
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles5.6K 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 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Horn Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos