Topic summary
31%8 analyzed articles/videos2,472 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Judicial Appointments results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Politically Right Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 2,413 hits. Analysis detected 19,478 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,473 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,513 of 15,988 topics). This Judicial Appointments is better (less manipulative) than 72.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.0% percentile
2.2% BS Score8 analyzed articles18.5K 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 8.0%8.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 13.1%13.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 8.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate