Brush fire in West Broward continues to burn thousands of acres ⁠57%

By Linnie Supall⁠19% Ryan Mackey⁠13% Jennifer Collins⁠82%

7/18/2026, 10:59:52 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 30.4% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 312 faulty-reasoning hits from 224 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 53.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (9,598 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 56.20% of the article peer group.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A brush fire continued burning in West Broward on Saturday morning after scorching thousands of acres and sending thick smoke across U.S. 27, creating hazardous driving conditions. 
The fire, which started about 8 a.m. 
Friday, continues to burn in the Everglades near Mile Marker 40, just west of U.S. 
27. 
Sky 10 flew over the wildfire on Friday, capturing a long wall of flames stretching through the dry brush north of Alligator Alley. 
Thick plumes of smoke surrounded power lines running alongside the highway and blanketed the roadway for miles as firefighters continued battling the blaze into Saturday morning. 
As of 4 p.m. 
Friday, the wildfire had burned about 6,000 acres and was 30% contained. 
Local 10 meteorologist Jennifer Collins said a southerly wind was pushing most of the smoke away from the South Florida metro area, which could allow the fire to continue burning while crews work to contain it. 
She also said afternoon thunderstorms could produce lightning, creating the potential for additional brush fires across parts of South Florida. 
As of 4 p.m. 
Friday, the wildfire had burned about 6,000 acres and was 30% contained. 
Officials have not announced a cause of the fire. 
Local 10 viewers can check the update of the fire by clicking here. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 5.4%Linnie Supall: 1.7%Associated Press: 1.4%Anchoring Bias5.4%This article: 10.3%Linnie Supall: 1.8%Associated Press: 3.4%Availability Heuristic10.3%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.3%Associated Press: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 1.7%Associated Press: 8.6%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.1%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 4.0%Linnie Supall: 0.4%Associated Press: 0.5%Status Quo Bias4.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 8.9%Linnie Supall: 1.9%Associated Press: 1.3%Pessimism Bias8.9%This article: 30.4%Linnie Supall: 8.3%Associated Press: 11.5%Negativity Bias30.4%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 12.1%Linnie Supall: 1.3%Associated Press: 1.1%Recency Bias12.1%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 16.1%Linnie Supall: 7.5%Associated Press: 4.1%Appeal to Authority16.1%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 1.2%Associated Press: 3.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 1.1%Associated Press: 3.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 1.3%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.7%Associated Press: 1.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 13.8%Linnie Supall: 3.3%Associated Press: 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)13.8%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 16.1%Linnie Supall: 2.3%Associated Press: 2.2%Unattributed Quote16.1%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 1.7%Associated Press: 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 16.5%Linnie Supall: 2.6%Associated Press: 6.8%Biased Writer Voice16.5%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 2.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Linnie Supall: 0.0%Associated Press: 0.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 5.8%Linnie Supall: 0.6%Associated Press: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…5.8%

224 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers41%attributed speech132writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageSky 10 • 23 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageJennifer Collins • 36 words • 100.0% coverageJennifer Collins • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageLocal 10 • 13 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Jennifer Collins

100%flagged-word coverage
56 attributed words61% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%32.5%65.0%Unattributed Quote+64.3 ptsWriter: 0.0%Jennifer Collins: 64.3%64.3%Biased Writer Voice-28.0 ptsWriter: 28.0%Jennifer Collins: 0.0%0.0%

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

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