Topic summary
72%42 analyzed articles/videos49,757 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Justice Reform results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 13,465 hits. Analysis detected 139,130 faulty-reasoning hits from 236,673 analyzed words across 42 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 7% (21,879 of 23,350 topics). This Criminal Justice Reform is better (less manipulative) than 93.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.3% percentile
1.1% BS Score42 analyzed articles236.7K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote2%
Bolts29%By Alex Burness17%8/7/2026, 5:06:00 AM
Scott Wiener takes on fights other lawmakers avoid. Violent threats often follow4%
San Francisco Chronicle33%By Sophia Bollag0%8/7/2026, 4:00:00 AM
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.19%
ProPublica51%By Richard A. Webster29%8/6/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Bipartisan group backs $2.5 million effort to help solve homicide cases in Pa.10%
The Philadelphia Tribune47%By Stacy M. Brown54%8/4/2026, 3:55:00 PM
Local View: Public safety bottleneck isn’t fault of police73%
The Columbian64%By James P. McElvain87%8/3/2026, 6:01:36 AM
Shocking footage: Young communist tells Nick Shirley she’d rather her rapist walk free than keep prisons73%
The Blaze86%By BlazeTV Staff94%8/3/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions21%
Bolts29%By Alex Burness17%7/31/2026, 7:26:30 AM
Democrats squirm as ‘defund the police’ stances from 2020 come back to haunt them43%
Fortune75%By Matt Brown89% Anthony Izaguirre64% Scott Bauer27% The Associated Press73%7/31/2026, 5:50:52 AM
After decades behind bars, Ivy Kelly was given a choice: Walk free, or keep fighting to clear his name8%
WBEZ28%By Chip Mitchell7%7/31/2026, 3:35:00 AM
Abdul El-Sayed Answers: Can the Left Win in the Midwest? Yes.14%
The Intercept86%By The Intercept Briefing56%7/31/2026, 3:00:00 AM