Topic summary
38%11 analyzed articles/videos2,453 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.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score11 analyzed articles24.4K 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 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.7%11.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Proclamation Honors Outgoing Alameda City Attorney78%
Alameda Post20%By Adam Gillitt0%7/24/2026, 7:47:00 AM
Stoughton police chief who ordered Birchmore probe says town manager is trying to oust her without cause33%
BostonGlobe.com29%By Laura Crimaldi0%7/22/2026, 5:41:24 PM
Federal investigators search ex-NYC Sheriff Anthony Miranda's home, device in Puerto Rico35%
Gothamist77%By Charles Lane36%7/16/2026, 1:32:00 PM
Lake Washington School District sued over alleged sexual abuse of an elementary student40%
KUOW Public Radio73%By Sami West0%6/17/2026, 2:48:57 PM
Democrats plan to put Republicans in the hot seat with Trump's $1.8 billion fund30%
MS NOW95%By Jack Fitzpatrick0%6/1/2026, 2:00:00 AM
DOJ launches criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll30%
One America News Network0%By Brooke Mallory0%5/27/2026, 10:35:08 AM
Grand jury indicts former FBI director James Comey for a second time30%
NPR84%By Ryan Lucas0% Carrie Johnson0%4/28/2026, 12:31:31 PM
Judge dismisses Trump's $10B lawsuit over the Wall Street Journal's Epstein reporting45%
KUOW Public Radio73%By The Associated Press63%4/13/2026, 1:30:06 PM
Diddy’s L.A. neighbors fear ‘chaos’ if his sentence is overturned and he comes home74%
New York Daily News76%By Jami Ganz0%4/10/2026, 3:45:56 PM
New criminal referrals made against N.Y. AG Letitia James0%
One America News Network0%By OAN Staff Addie Davis0%3/26/2026, 10:27:58 AM