Topic summary
⁠81%1 analyzed article/video717 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Tactics results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 30.5% saturation with 876 hits. Analysis detected 2,999 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,868 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (4,211 of 22,214 topics). This Legal Tactics is worse (more manipulative) than 81.00% of the peer group.
Legal Tactics
Topic details
Total words: 2,868
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510081.0% percentile
4.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 30.5%30.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.9%6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 6.2%6.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.5%15.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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%Anecdotal: Topic 30.5%, sitewide 5.2%Framing Effect: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%No True Scotsman: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.1%AnecdotalSitewide rateTopic rate

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