Topic summary
49% 52 analyzed articles/videos 37,728 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal System results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Confirmation Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 18,147 hits . Analysis detected 157,933 faulty-reasoning hits from 218,094 analyzed words across 52 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (20,029 of 22,977 topics). This Legal System is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group. Legal System
Topic details
Total words: 218,094
Article count: 52
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 12.8% percentile 1.3% BS Score52 analyzed articles218.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 4.7% 4.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.6% 4.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.0% 2.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 0.5% 0.5% 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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 5.3% Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst