Topic summary
⁠41%1 analyzed article/video545 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Consumer Affairs results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 17.1% saturation with 373 hits. Analysis detected 1,261 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,180 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (9,118 of 22,919 topics). This Consumer Affairs is worse (more manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group.
Consumer Affairs
Topic details
Total words: 2,180
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510060.2% percentile
2.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.2K 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 3.2%3.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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