Consumer Watchdog

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According to the data and stats that were collected, 'Consumer Watchdog' channel has quite a good rank. The feed was last updated more than a year ago. In addition 'Consumer Watchdog' includes a significant share of images in comparison to the text content. The channel mostly uses long articles along with sentence constructions of the intermediate readability level, which is a result that may indicate difficult texts on the channel, probably due to a big amount of industrial or scientific terms.

About 'Consumer Watchdog' Channel

Consumer Watchdog is a (fiercely) independent consumer rights and advocacy organisation campaigning on behalf of the con...

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Long articles are widely used on 'Consumer Watchdog' as elaborated and interesting content can help the channel to reach a high number of subscribers. In addition there are a few medium length articles.

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Intermediate readability level is common for 'Consumer Watchdog' articles as it addresses the matters that demand certain level of education to be understood. Sometimes the channel gets even more difficult by issuing pieces of advanced readability level (there are just a few of them). In addition the channel contains materials of a basic readability level, making up more than one third of its content.

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? Sentiment Analysis

Positive emotional expressions prevail throughout the texts: they may include favorable reviews, appreciation or praise in regard to the subjects addressed on the channel. However, the channel also contains some rather negative or critical records that make up more than a quarter of all its content.

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