Topic summary
⁠43%1 analyzed article/video788 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Credit Ratings results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Pessimism Bias, and Self-Serving Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.9% saturation with 279 hits. Analysis detected 2,117 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,152 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (8,891 of 16,562 topics). This Credit Ratings is better (less manipulative) than 53.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,152
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

46% percentile
025507510046.3% percentile
2.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.2K 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 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 6.7%6.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Straw Man: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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