Topic summary
⁠82%1 analyzed article/video456 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Illinois Law results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 239 hits. Analysis detected 1,764 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,368 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠77% (3,820 of 16,562 topics). This Illinois Law is worse (more manipulative) than 76.90% of the peer group.
Illinois Law
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,368
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510076.9% percentile
5.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.4%17.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 16.9%16.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 13.7%13.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%

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 16.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 13.7%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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