Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 251 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Roundtable results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.2% saturation with 217 hits . Analysis detected 1,122 faulty-reasoning hits from 502 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of 96% (738 of 16,562 topics). This Legal Roundtable is worse (more manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group. Legal Roundtable
Topic details
Total words: 502
Article count: 1
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96% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 95.5% percentile 13.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles502 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 35.9% 35.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 43.2% 43.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Topic 15.5% 15.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 23.1% 23.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Topic 11.8% 11.8% Red Herring Sitewide 0.7% Topic 8.8% 8.8% Primacy Effect Sitewide 0.9% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Genetic Fallacy Sitewide 1.4% Topic 6.8% 6.8% Bandwagon Sitewide 2.2% Topic 5.6% 5.6% 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% Negativity Bias: Topic 43.2%, sitewide 19.2% Halo Effect: Topic 35.9%, sitewide 6.7% Framing Effect: Topic 28.1%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 23.1%, sitewide 11.1% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 2.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 6.0% Red Herring: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 0.7% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 8.1% Primacy Effect: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 0.9% In-Group Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.9% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.4% Bandwagon: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2% Recency Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7% Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst