Topic summary
⁠24%1 analyzed article/video561 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Court Trials results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Begging the Question, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 139 hits. Analysis detected 852 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,244 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (13,418 of 24,545 topics). This Court Trials is better (less manipulative) than 54.70% of the peer group.
Court Trials
Topic details
Total words: 2,244
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

45% percentile
025507510045.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.1%5.1%

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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.2%Begging the Question: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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