Topic summary
15%21 analyzed articles/videos9,214 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal System results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 7,823 hits. Analysis detected 61,672 faulty-reasoning hits from 86,394 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (14,726 of 15,327 topics). This Legal System is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751003.9% percentile
1.3% BS Score21 analyzed articles86.4K 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 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Is #MeToo Back? Plus. . .35%
The Free Press74%By The Free Press21%7/23/2026, 10:01:10 AM
The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder50%
Talking Points Memo89%By Madiba K. Dennie79%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Senators Never Asked Blanche the Most Obvious Epstein Question (w/ Andrew Weissmann)92%
The Bulwark72%By Sarah Longwell92%7/18/2026, 9:37:49 PM
Philly DA Larry Krasner subpoenaed by House Judiciary Committee over request for immigration records69%
PhillyVoice28%By Molly McVety45%7/16/2026, 2:25:56 PM
One Weird Trick for Torpedoing Todd Blanche’s Hearing100%
The Bulwark72%By Sarah Longwell92%7/12/2026, 11:04:21 PM
After failed execution, Gov. Lee says no moratorium, no protocol changes for lethal injection22%
WPLN News12%By Catherine Sweeney22%7/9/2026, 8:51:23 PM
A Blood-Red Line in Maine75%
American Thinker93%By John F. Di Leo0%7/8/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Ex-Olympian indicted on felony charge over what Trump called reflecting pool vandalism26%
CBC News46%By The Associated Press65%7/2/2026, 9:49:56 PM
The 5th Circuit Says a Houston Cop Reasonably Killed 2 Innocent People Falsely Accused of Selling Heroin15%
Reason.com38%By Jacob Sullum19%7/2/2026, 9:10:00 PM
Pirro Reveals Reflecting Pool Indictment of U.S. Olympian Is a Sham67%
The New Republic71%By Hafiz Rashid69%7/2/2026, 8:54:44 PM