Keyword summary
58%26 analyzed articles/videos20,842 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colorado River results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 9,172 hits. Analysis detected 73,291 faulty-reasoning hits from 104,228 analyzed words across 26 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 5% (32,934 of 34,417 keywords). This Colorado River is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

4% percentile
02550751004.3% percentile
1.3% BS Score26 analyzed articles104.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 7.7%7.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.0%2.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 1.1%1.1%

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: Keyword 7.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Future of Dog’s Head Development Sits in the Hands of City Council55%
The Austin Chronicle40%By Brant Bingamon0%7/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds60%
The Denver Post9%By Elise Schmelzer84%7/22/2026, 10:00:16 AM
'A five-alarm fire': Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels55%
Los Angeles Times79%By Ian James53%7/21/2026, 7:37:03 PM
‘It’ll buy us time’: Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead66%
Las Vegas Review-Journal69%By Lila Seidman Los Angeles Times88%7/17/2026, 7:17:33 PM
Native American tribes’ Colorado River water rights deal stalled by 4 states26%
KUER0%By Alex Hager0% KJZZ0% Mark Olalde0% ProPublica25%7/1/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.37%
ProPublica26%By Mark Olalde0% Alex Hager0% Sharon Chischilly0%6/29/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Wyoming wants to conserve Colorado River water like Utah. Will ranchers opt in?15%
KUER0%By Hannah Merzbach0%6/25/2026, 2:00:00 AM
The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird38%
Grist30%By Jake Bittle26%6/23/2026, 8:45:00 AM
Mike Lee warns Lower Colorado River states that a water lawsuit will cost them30%
KUER0%By Marcus Reichley0% Cronkite News0%6/11/2026, 8:52:56 PM
Can a burned desert watershed bounce back? The Virgin River in Nevada offers clues5%
KUER0%By Kaleb Roedel0%6/9/2026, 8:00:00 AM