Topic summary
74%1 analyzed article/video1,368 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Legal Criticism results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 612 hits. Analysis detected 4,920 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,472 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 51% (10,951 of 21,926 topics). This Legal Criticism is worse (more manipulative) than 50.10% of the peer group.
Legal Criticism
Topic details
Total words: 5,472
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

50% percentile
025507510050.1% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.5K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 11.2%11.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.6%8.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos