Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos734 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Controversies results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 26.1% saturation with 766 hits. Analysis detected 4,090 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,936 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (4,023 of 16,558 topics). This Legal Controversies is worse (more manipulative) than 75.70% of the peer group.
Legal Controversies
Topic details
Total words: 2,936
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510075.7% percentile
5.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.3%23.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 11.4%11.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 9.1%9.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 19.3%19.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 26.1%26.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 19.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 26.1%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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