Topic summary
58% 26 analyzed articles/videos 16,231 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Issues results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Framing Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 7,582 hits . Analysis detected 46,073 faulty-reasoning hits from 70,356 analyzed words across 25 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 12% (21,822 of 24,545 topics). This Legal Issues is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group. Legal Issues
Topic details
Total words: 70,356
Article count: 25
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
11% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 11.1% percentile 1.3% BS Score25 analyzed articles70.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 10.8% 10.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 26% 8/7/2026, 5:33:50 PM