Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 418 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Consumer Reports results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Status Quo Bias , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 151 hits . Analysis detected 1,205 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,672 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 57% (7,276 of 16,562 topics). This Consumer Reports is worse (more manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group. Consumer Reports
Topic details
Total words: 1,672
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
56% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 56.1% percentile 3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.7K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 9.0% 9.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 6.7% 6.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 7.5% 7.5% 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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.2% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.5% Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Primacy Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9% Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.4% Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.3% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst