Topic summary
⁠65%4 analyzed articles/videos1,309 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Ruling results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 830 hits. Analysis detected 6,380 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,415 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (11,402 of 24,545 topics). This Legal Ruling is worse (more manipulative) than 53.50% of the peer group.
Legal Ruling

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510053.5% percentile
2.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles6.4K 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 12.4%12.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.1%5.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 12.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos