Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video490 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Sentences results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Quote-first Misdirection, and Appeal to Authority, with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 187 hits. Analysis detected 1,825 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,960 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,690 of 16,562 topics). This Legal Sentences is worse (more manipulative) than 71.70% of the peer group.
Legal Sentences
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,960
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.7% percentile
4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.6%6.6%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.1%9.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 9.4%9.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 9.5%9.5%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 7.9%7.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 9.5%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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