Topic summary
10%2 analyzed articles/videos774 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal History results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.6% saturation with 292 hits. Analysis detected 1,062 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,198 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (24,113 of 24,545 topics). This Criminal History is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group.
Criminal History
Topic details
Total words: 5,198
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751001.8% percentile
0.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.2K 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 0.7%0.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.9%Circular Reasoning: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.6%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos