Topic summary
92% 47 analyzed articles/videos 29,585 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Justice Department results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 16,702 hits . Analysis detected 128,011 faulty-reasoning hits from 128,560 analyzed words across 46 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 32% (14,893 of 21,840 topics). This Justice Department is better (less manipulative) than 68.20% of the peer group. Justice Department
Topic details
Total words: 128,560
Article count: 46
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
32% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 31.8% percentile 1.9% BS Score46 analyzed articles128.6K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 10.1% 10.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.2% 6.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 13.0% 13.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 10.0% 10.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.3% 0.3% 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 10.1%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst