Topic summary
⁠67%4 analyzed articles/videos1,273 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Consumer Issues results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 1,526 hits. Analysis detected 8,676 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,138 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (7,243 of 16,559 topics). This Consumer Issues is worse (more manipulative) than 56.30% of the peer group.
Consumer Issues

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.3% percentile
3.3% BS Score4 analyzed articles7.1K 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 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.8%16.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.0%12.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.2%4.2%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.4%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos