BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Loss Aversion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.2% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 255 faulty-reasoning hits from 111 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36% and a BS Rank of 23% (16,990 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.60% of the article peer group.

Phoenix is expected to reach 115 degrees Friday and 116 degrees Saturday as temperatures run 5 to 10 degrees above average. 
An extreme heat warning remains in effect through Monday, prompting closures of popular Phoenix hiking trails from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
High humidity will push “feels like” temperatures even higher than the forecast highs. 
Mountain thunderstorms may develop, while the Valley has a roughly 30% chance of storms Monday as outflow boundaries move in. 
Cloud cover and storm chances could bring Monday’s high down to 106 degrees, though heat index values may still reach 111 to 113 degrees. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 18.9%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Anchoring Bias18.9%This article: 18.0%Holly Bock: 3.5%azfamily: 1.4%Availability Heuristic18.0%This article: 18.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic18.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 18.9%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 4.1%Overconfidence Bias18.9%This article: 43.2%Holly Bock: 5.8%azfamily: 15.9%Framing Effect43.2%This article: 19.8%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Loss Aversion19.8%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 6.5%azfamily: 7.2%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 21.6%Holly Bock: 4.1%azfamily: 1.6%Pessimism Bias21.6%This article: 41.4%Holly Bock: 34.2%azfamily: 18.0%Negativity Bias41.4%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 3.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 8.0%azfamily: 3.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 6.8%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 4.1%azfamily: 1.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 4.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 6.7%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 3.5%azfamily: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 1.5%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 9.9%Holly Bock: 2.4%azfamily: 6.2%Biased Writer Voice9.9%This article: 19.8%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Indoctrination19.8%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Holly Bock: 0.0%azfamily: 2.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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