Topic summary
10%2 analyzed articles/videos1,030 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Sentencing results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5% saturation with 205 hits. Analysis detected 1,296 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,120 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 22% (18,374 of 23,515 topics). This Criminal Sentencing is better (less manipulative) than 78.10% of the peer group.
Criminal Sentencing
Topic details
Total words: 4,120
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

22% percentile
025507510021.9% percentile
1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.1K 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 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.5%4.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Horn Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.9%Middle Ground: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos