Topic summary
38% 11 analyzed articles/videos 2,453 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Affairs results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.7% saturation with 2,852 hits . Analysis detected 20,510 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,377 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (14,042 of 16,562 topics). This Legal Affairs is better (less manipulative) than 84.80% of the peer group. Legal Affairs
Topic details
Total words: 24,377
Article count: 11
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
15% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 15.2% percentile 1.8% BS Score11 analyzed articles24.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 11.7% 11.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.0% 3.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.7% 0.7% 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 9.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0% Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst