Keyword summary
46%91 analyzed articles/videos45,568 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wildfires results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 22,177 hits. Analysis detected 164,904 faulty-reasoning hits from 230,324 analyzed words across 91 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (35,709 of 37,536 keywords). This Wildfires is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.
Wildfires

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
1.4% BS Score91 analyzed articles230.3K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 9.6%9.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 4.7%4.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 2.1%2.1%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 9.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 5.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Keyword 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Appeal …19%Quote-f…3%
Firefighter dies from injuries sustained fighting fire in western Colorado3%
The Colorado Sun6%By David Krause3%7/25/2026, 12:49:47 PM
Canada wildfire smoke ignites urgency for climate action40%
Chicago Sun-Times30%By Letters to the Editor88%7/25/2026, 11:00:00 AM
California's War on Goats Could Worsen the Wildfire Crisis84%
Reason.com41%By C. Jarrett Dieterle0% Shawn Regan97%7/25/2026, 11:00:00 AM
CBC | British Columbia News20%
CBC49%7/25/2026, 8:00:00 AM
'Everything Is on the Table': Canada Threatens America After Wildfire Smoke Fiasco75%
Breitbart81%By Frances Martel96%7/24/2026, 2:10:34 PM
‘All hands on deck’: Gov. Kotek visits Akawa Fire in Sisters, says Oregon is in for long fire season34%
OPB4%By Jen Baires41% Joni Land55%7/24/2026, 1:21:31 PM
California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires21%
CalMatters32%By Rachel Becker16%7/24/2026, 12:00:00 PM
California Can’t Replant Its Forests Fast Enough to Keep Up With Wildfires35%
Lost Coast Outpost66%By Rachel Becker16%7/24/2026, 8:25:39 AM
The year climate change came for the Tour de France31%
Grist28%By Tik Root15%7/23/2026, 8:15:00 AM
In Wheeler County, relationships built between local landowners and firefighters during a 2024 megafire are paying off15%
OPB4%By Elena Neale-Sacks12%7/22/2026, 10:03:06 PM