Topic summary
⁠27%1 analyzed article/video182 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Law & Government/Public Safety/Crime & Justice results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Quote-first Misdirection, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 107 hits. Analysis detected 482 faulty-reasoning hits from 546 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (2,198 of 16,562 topics). This Law & Government/Public Safety/Crime & Justice is worse (more manipulative) than 86.70% of the peer group.
Law & Government/Public Safety/Crime & Justice
Topic details
Total words: 546
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510086.7% percentile
7.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles546 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 9.3%9.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.4%8.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 6.8%6.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 15.4%15.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%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 9.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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