Topic summary
⁠14%3 analyzed articles/videos1,190 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Investigations results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 768 hits. Analysis detected 4,091 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,983 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (13,292 of 16,562 topics). This Legal Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 80.30% of the peer group.
Legal Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 5,983
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510019.7% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles6K 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 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.8%12.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos