Topic summary
81% 18 analyzed articles/videos 11,612 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Law & Courts results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 4,868 hits . Analysis detected 40,364 faulty-reasoning hits from 49,271 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (18,233 of 23,761 topics). This Law & Courts is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group. Law & Courts
Topic details
Total words: 49,271
Article count: 18
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
23% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.3% percentile 1.6% BS Score18 analyzed articles49.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 7.7% 7.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.9% 9.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.8% 7.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst