Topic summary
59%112 analyzed articles/videos69,975 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Law results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 34,937 hits. Analysis detected 302,880 faulty-reasoning hits from 326,236 analyzed words across 112 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,342 of 15,447 topics). This Law is better (less manipulative) than 86.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510013.6% percentile
1.7% BS Score112 analyzed articles326.2K 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 9.5%9.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Congress Spotlights American Bar Association’s Dance With The DEI Devil83%
The Federalist90%By Shawn Fleetwood59%7/23/2026, 11:31:07 AM
Trump is stocking the government with his personal lawyers63%
Vox49%By Ian Millhiser55%7/22/2026, 1:30:00 PM
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his US drug trafficking case33%
Associated Press40%By MICHAEL R. SISAK16% LARRY NEUMEISTER29%7/22/2026, 4:03:03 AM
Trump Has to Beg Two GOPers He’s Spurned to Get Blanche Over Finish Line42%
Talking Points Memo89%By Nicole LaFond55%7/21/2026, 10:09:06 PM
LA County Board of Supervisors backs CA lawsuit over Paramount merger52%
NBC Los Angeles13%7/21/2026, 9:40:26 PM
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants52%
AP News51%By MIKHAIL ZINSHTEY/CalMatters77%7/21/2026, 8:11:47 PM
Appeals court rejects Biden bid to block release of ghostwriter interview recordings12%
ABC News18%By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press5%7/21/2026, 12:12:07 PM
Can Péter Magyar Undo Orbán’s Rule?92%
The Dispatch27%By Evan Spear7% Surya Gowda10% Wesley Liu76% James P. Sutton7% Ross Anderson7%7/21/2026, 10:51:17 AM
Democrats Still Knock the Supreme Court, Even When It Checks Trump100%
The Dispatch27%By Charles Hilu96%7/21/2026, 6:48:00 AM
Houston trafficking suspect linked by prosecutors to three homicide investigations39%
Houston Chronicle14%By Tanya Babbar13% John Wayne Ferguson11%7/20/2026, 10:34:01 PM