Topic summary
31%4 analyzed articles/videos916 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Decisions results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 684 hits. Analysis detected 5,592 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,095 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of 44% (9,329 of 16,562 topics). This Legal Decisions is better (less manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.
Legal Decisions
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Topic details
Total words: 5,095
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

44% percentile
025507510043.7% percentile
2.7% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.1K 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 13.4%13.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.1%8.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 13.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate