Topic summary
⁠99%1 analyzed article/video675 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Theory results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Straw Man, and Ad Hominem, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 45.6% saturation with 924 hits. Analysis detected 5,638 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,025 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9% and a BS Rank of ⁠91% (1,530 of 15,690 topics). This Legal Theory is worse (more manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group.
Legal Theory
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Topic details
Total words: 2,025
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510090.3% percentile
9.0% 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%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 45.6%45.6%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 37.7%37.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 27.3%27.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 21.5%21.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.0%9.0%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 13.9%13.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 17.0%17.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 45.6%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 37.7%, sitewide 1.4%Straw Man: Topic 27.3%, sitewide 0.9%Framing Effect: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Ad Hominem: Topic 21.5%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.0%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 3.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 6.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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