Topic summary
63%38 analyzed articles/videos19,032 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lawsuit 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 12.4% saturation with 11,823 hits. Analysis detected 88,636 faulty-reasoning hits from 95,495 analyzed words across 38 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,344 of 15,447 topics). This Lawsuit 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 Score38 analyzed articles95.5K 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 9.0%9.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.4%12.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A lawsuit about Philly schools’ special-admissions process is officially over23%
The Philadelphia Inquirer18%By Kristen A. Graham56%7/22/2026, 6:21:40 PM
Nintendo Says It Doesn’t Owe Customers Anything After Increasing Switch Prices For Tariffs It Didn’t Have To Pay81%
Kotaku72%By John Walker73%7/21/2026, 11:55:04 AM
Family sues Con Edison over woman’s fatal fall into Midtown manhole53%
Gothamist76%By Samantha Max69%7/17/2026, 8:09:32 PM
Popular Building remodel gets another $1 million; Escobar’s GOP challenger reports little fundraising18%
El Paso Matters7%By El Paso Matters Staff2%7/17/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Lawsuit blames southern Colorado electric company for starting, spreading Aspen Acres fire57%
The Colorado Sun5%By Olivia Prentzel14%7/16/2026, 8:10:17 PM
Piedmont seeks dismissal of lawsuit over its racist history10%
The Oaklandside3%By Darwin BondGraham13%7/16/2026, 4:30:00 PM
Gold mining company sues to re-route portion of $1.5B Oregon transmission line46%
OPB3%By Courtney Sherwood72%7/15/2026, 11:58:03 PM
Judge scolds Trump for improper self-dealing in $1.8 billion settlement of IRS lawsuit43%
TheGrio68%By Gerren Keith Gaynor61%7/14/2026, 3:21:00 PM
9to5Mac Daily: July 13, 2026 – Apple sues OpenAI47%
9to5Mac59%By Seth Kurkowski0%7/13/2026, 8:59:45 PM
Harry loses his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a newspaper group. The defeated prince has called it a 'whitewash.'16%
Yahoo News37%By Harriet Sinclair0% Jasmine Andersson15%7/8/2026, 10:39:26 AM