Topic summary
45% 13 analyzed articles/videos 5,076 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Settlements results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Framing Effect , and Biased Writer Voice , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 2,414 hits . Analysis detected 18,893 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,956 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 24% (17,564 of 22,956 topics). This Legal Settlements is better (less manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group. Legal Settlements
Topic details
Total words: 26,956
Article count: 13
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
24% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 23.5% percentile 1.6% BS Score13 analyzed articles27K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 8.0% 8.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.7% 0.7% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.6% 0.6% 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 6.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.0% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst