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Oregon wildfire season begins in earnest ⁠20%

By Gemma DiCarlo⁠16%

7/21/2026, 1:00:01 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 39.6% saturation with 57 hits. Analysis detected 150 faulty-reasoning hits from 144 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 34.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (16,392 of 20,367 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 80.50% of the article peer group.

According to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, wildfires have burned more than 300,000 acres across the state so far. 
Fire officials say that lightning strikes last week ignited dozens of fires which were fueled by dry vegetation, hot weather and windy conditions. 
An estimated 1,500 Oregonians are under Level 3 — GO NOW! — evacuation orders. 
Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple joins us with an update on the status of the fires and how agencies are responding. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.8%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.9%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.3%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 4.9%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 9.7%Gemma DiCarlo: 6.5%Associated Press: 7.0%Negativity Bias9.7%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 13.9%Gemma DiCarlo: 4.6%Associated Press: 3.8%Appeal to Authority13.9%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.8%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 9.7%Gemma DiCarlo: 6.5%Associated Press: 4.0%Appeal to Emotion9.7%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 16.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 5.3%Associated Press: 1.7%Unattributed Quote16.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 15.3%Gemma DiCarlo: 5.1%Associated Press: 3.2%Biased Writer Voice15.3%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.3%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Gemma DiCarlo: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 39.6%Gemma DiCarlo: 13.2%Associated Press: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…39.6%

144 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers29%attributed speech102writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageOregon Department of Emergency Management • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageMariana Ruiz-Temple • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 43 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Mariana Ruiz-Temple

100%flagged-word coverage
22 attributed words52% of attributed speech92% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Mariana Ruiz-Temple: 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -55.9 ptsWriter: 55.9%Mariana Ruiz-Temple: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-22.5 ptsWriter: 22.5%Mariana Ruiz-Temple: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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