Topic summary
24%15 analyzed articles/videos8,684 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Court Rulings results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.6% saturation with 1,757 hits. Analysis detected 16,501 faulty-reasoning hits from 38,236 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (21,942 of 22,763 topics). This Court Rulings is better (less manipulative) than 96.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751003.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score15 analyzed articles38.2K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

This Judge Figures Using the Misleading Recycling Symbol is Probably Free Speech9%
Mother Jones68%By Joseph Winters54%8/6/2026, 4:30:00 AM
EDITORIAL: Will Gross Dam finally get to do its job?28%
The Denver Gazette40%By The Gazette Editorial Board92%8/6/2026, 4:00:00 AM
A controversial plan to update Line 5 just suffered a major loss at the Michigan Supreme Court17%
Grist45%By Vivian La34%8/5/2026, 1:15:00 AM
Federal Court Ruling to Permit ICE Agents’ Use of Masks in New York57%
BKReader60%By BK Reader Staff46%8/4/2026, 11:26:00 AM
Texas could be forced to curb dangerous soot after courts revive Biden-era air pollution rules3%
Houston Chronicle31%By Rebekah F. Ward32%8/3/2026, 2:46:56 PM
Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.24%
Grist45%By Joseph Winters54%8/3/2026, 1:15:00 AM
Wisconsin appeals court overturns ruling that had restored collective bargaining power33%
Wisconsin Watch15%By Scott Bauer26% Associated Press74%7/29/2026, 8:06:51 AM
Court split grows over Trump’s mandatory immigration detention policy29%
Wisconsin Watch15%By Paul Kiefer20%7/28/2026, 3:32:08 PM
Represe…5%Framing…8%Hasty G…7%Quote-f…7%
Judge denies bid by suspect’s lawyers in border patrol agent killing to change records screening process10%
VTDigger42%By Alan J. Keays4%7/21/2026, 2:49:39 PM
Negativ…11%Self-Se…6%
Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews3%
AP News71%By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN21%7/21/2026, 8:50:48 AM