Topic summary
⁠82%3 analyzed articles/videos853 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Case results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Self-Serving Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.6% saturation with 650 hits. Analysis detected 2,647 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,008 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠66% (8,378 of 24,545 topics). This Criminal Case is worse (more manipulative) than 65.90% of the peer group.
Criminal Case

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510065.9% percentile
3.1% BS Score3 analyzed articles3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.2%13.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.7%6.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 21.6%21.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 21.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.7%, sitewide 0.8%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Special Pleading: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.5%Red Herring: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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