Topic summary
10% 2 analyzed articles/videos 1,030 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Sentencing results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 205 hits . Analysis detected 1,296 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,120 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 22% (18,366 of 23,500 topics). This Criminal Sentencing is better (less manipulative) than 78.20% of the peer group. Criminal Sentencing
Topic details
Total words: 4,120
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
22% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 21.8% percentile 1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Topic 0.8% 0.8% 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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5% Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1% Horn Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.0% Primacy Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.9% Middle Ground: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst