Topic summary
39% 9 analyzed articles/videos 1,804 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Settlements results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.6% saturation with 2,192 hits . Analysis detected 14,936 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,064 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of 37% (10,041 of 15,758 topics). This Legal Settlements is better (less manipulative) than 63.70% of the peer group. Legal Settlements
Topic details
Total words: 15,064
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
36% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 36.3% percentile 2.4% BS Score9 analyzed articles15.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.9% 8.9% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.3% 2.3% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 14.6% 14.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 12.0% 12.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 5.3% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst