Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video386 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Sonia Sotomayor results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 234 hits. Analysis detected 1,661 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,544 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (4,134 of 16,562 topics). This Sonia Sotomayor is worse (more manipulative) than 75.00% of the peer group.
Sonia Sotomayor
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,544
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

75% percentile
025507510075.0% percentile
4.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 11.8%11.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 9.0%9.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.6%1.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 6.7%6.7%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 1.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 9.0%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Horn Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Indoctrination: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos