Speaker summary
⁠77%3 analyzed articles/videos91.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Costco results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 38.207 hits. Analysis detected 300.207 faulty-reasoning hits from 91.333 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 25% and a BS Rank of ⁠40% (15,911 of 26,345 speakers). This Costco is better (less manipulative) than 60.40% of the peer group.
Costco
Speaker details
Total words: 91.333
Article count: 3
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

40% percentile
025507510039.6% percentile
25.0% BS Score3 analyzed videos91.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 39.0%39.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 32.0%32.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 38.4%38.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 24.1%24.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 15.8%15.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 10.1%10.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 18.4%18.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 24.1%24.1%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 39.0%, sitewide 6.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 38.4%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 32.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 24.1%, sitewide 2.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 18.4%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 15.8%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos