NPR⁠84%

How old is too old for a 30-year mortgage? Here's what to consider⁠86%

By Scott Neuman⁠0%

2/4/2026, 12:20:51 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Authority, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 76.6% saturation with 193 hits. Analysis detected 521 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,705 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 78.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (3,008 of 21,230 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 85.80% of the article peer group.

A week-long lake-effect snow event is coming to an end after dumping feet of snow across the Great Lakes, namely in central and western New York. 
Orwell, New York saw 33" of snow in less than 24 hours on Friday from this powerful lake-effect snow machine in full force. 
Snow piles stand feet high in Oswego during a lake-effect snowstorm. 
(FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell / FOX Weather) 
In Oswego County, just off Lake Ontario, heavy snow has blanketed the area since Thursday. 
On Saturday morning, snow began to finally taper off. 
Some light snow lingered southeast of the lakes into the morning, especially east of Lake Ontario. 
As the day progresses, snow activity will continue to weaken through Saturday as winds become more west-to-east and the atmosphere becomes less favorable for lake-effect snow. 
FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell reported live from Oswego, where roughly two feet of snow was recorded in 72 hours as of Saturday. 
Timelapse video from Thursday night into Friday showed lake-effect snow bands hitting the area, coating cars and creating low visibility. 
Snow created dangerous travel conditions in the communities, as whiteout conditions and snow-covered roads made for a slow and treacherous commute. 
Lake-effect snow bands have rattled the Great Lakes for over a week, breaking records in places like Syracuse. 
Syracuse, New York doubled its average snowfall record for the season, and saw more than two feet of snow on Tuesday alone. 
That marks the city's second-snowiest day on record and their snowiest December day ever. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 76.6%Scott Neuman: 5.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.8%Availability Heuristic76.6%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 3.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 9.1%Scott Neuman: 9.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.1%Framing Effect9.1%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 3.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 76.6%Scott Neuman: 13.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.3%Negativity Bias76.6%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 4.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 3.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.7%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 12.3%Scott Neuman: 8.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.1%Appeal to Authority12.3%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 7.1%Scott Neuman: 4.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 4.4%Hasty Generalization7.1%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 5.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 3.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 25.0%Scott Neuman: 4.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Anecdotal25.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.7%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 1.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.1%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 2.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.7%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Scott Neuman: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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