Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video579 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 ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,734
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510081.0% percentile
5.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 28.5%28.5%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 13.3%13.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 36.4%36.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.8%0.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 14.6%14.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate