Topic summary
74%2 analyzed articles/videos859 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Offshore Drilling results contain 33 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Framing Effect, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33.8% saturation with 872 hits. Analysis detected 4,339 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,577 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.1% and a BS Rank of 76% (3,762 of 15,447 topics). This Offshore Drilling is worse (more manipulative) than 75.70% of the peer group.
Offshore Drilling
Topic details
Total words: 2,577
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510075.7% percentile
5.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 33.8%33.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 25.0%25.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.0%11.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 8.3%8.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.8%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 26.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 25.0%, sitewide 6.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 1.4%Halo Effect: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos