Topic summary
35% 15 analyzed articles/videos 8,885 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Issues results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14% saturation with 5,013 hits . Analysis detected 30,550 faulty-reasoning hits from 35,827 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,737 of 15,689 topics). This Legal Issues is better (less manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group. Legal Issues
Topic details
Total words: 35,827
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
12% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.4% percentile 1.7% BS Score14 analyzed articles35.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.9% 5.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.0% 14.0% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 65% 7/20/2026, 12:41:14 AM