Topic summary
55%4 analyzed articles/videos916 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Decisions results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 684 hits. Analysis detected 5,592 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,440 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 53% (11,681 of 24,545 topics). This Legal Decisions is worse (more manipulative) than 52.40% of the peer group.
Legal Decisions
Topic details
Total words: 5,440
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510052.4% percentile
2.5% BS Score4 analyzed articles5.4K 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 12.6%12.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 12.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate