Topic summary
ā 31%1 analyzed article/video1,259 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Justice Department results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 831 hits. Analysis detected 3,590 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,036 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ā 59% (9,255 of 22,531 topics). This US Justice Department is worse (more manipulative) than 58.90% of the peer group.
US Justice Department
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 5,036
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

59% percentile
025507510058.9% percentile
2.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0ā€“50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.5%16.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Politically Left Leaning ā€¦Sitewide 2.0%Topic 5.9%5.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 7.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.5%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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