Topic summary
⁠45%2 analyzed articles/videos760 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Consumer Fraud results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.4% saturation with 531 hits. Analysis detected 4,264 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,664 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (8,007 of 16,562 topics). This Consumer Fraud is worse (more manipulative) than 51.70% of the peer group.
Consumer Fraud
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,664
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

52% percentile
025507510051.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.7K 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 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.4%11.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.4%7.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.5%2.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos