Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,052 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Oil Spill results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.5% saturation with 567 hits. Analysis detected 3,980 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,208 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (7,040 of 15,753 topics). This Oil Spill is worse (more manipulative) than 55.30% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,208
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510055.3% percentile
3.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K 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 9.9%9.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.5%13.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 9.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos