Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 579 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal/Appeals results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Negativity Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 36.4% saturation with 631 hits . Analysis detected 3,019 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,734 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,149 of 16,562 topics). This Legal/Appeals is worse (more manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group. Legal/Appeals
Topic details
Total words: 1,734
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 81.0% percentile 5.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K 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% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 28.5% 28.5% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Topic 13.3% 13.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 36.4% 36.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 14.6% 14.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% 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 36.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 28.5%, sitewide 15.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 21.6%, sitewide 19.2% Confirmation Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 6.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1% Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 2.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 2.7% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.1% Bandwagon: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Red Herring: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.7% Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.6% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst