Topic summary
39%3 analyzed articles/videos1,078 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Government Lawsuits results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Self-Serving Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 941 hits. Analysis detected 5,666 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,275 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (12,173 of 16,562 topics). This Government Lawsuits is better (less manipulative) than 73.50% of the peer group.
Government Lawsuits
Topic details
Total words: 7,275
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

27% percentile
025507510026.5% percentile
2.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.3K 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 8.6%8.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.9%12.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 3.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate