Topic summary
12% 32 analyzed articles/videos 20,936 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 6,801 hits . Analysis detected 49,138 faulty-reasoning hits from 83,451 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (15,426 of 15,689 topics). This Legal is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. Legal
Topic details
Total words: 83,451
Article count: 32
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 1.1% BS Score32 analyzed articles83.5K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.2% 8.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.3% 5.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% 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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst