Speaker summary
35%18 analyzed articles/videos2,323 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Hurricane Center results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Pessimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 448 hits. Analysis detected 1,484.871 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,323 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,659 of 26,896 speakers). This National Hurricane Center is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
02550751000.9% percentile
3.4% BS Score18 analyzed videos2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 1.8%1.8%

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: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Slippery Slope: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

SoCal hit with life threatening waves as tropical storms churn in Pacific48%
California Post89%By Justin Choi89%7/23/2026, 12:49:43 AM
Tropical Storm Bertha weakens further as it inches closer to the southeast Louisiana coast2%
nola.com7%By Marco Cartolano2%7/22/2026, 11:45:00 AM
Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens, threatening Gulf Coast. See forecast map and its path.31%
CBS News16%By Sarah Lynch Baldwin35%7/22/2026, 12:56:49 AM
Tropical Storm Bertha tracker: Heavy rain and flash flooding forecast for parts of Gulf Coast — see latest path6%
Yahoo News38%By Dylan Stableford4% Mike Bebernes15% Jasmine Andersson16%7/21/2026, 9:43:09 PM
Tuesday, July 21: Latest developments on Tropical Storm Bertha from the National Hurricane Center2%
Tampa Bay Times10%By Times AI News Engine1%7/21/2026, 1:05:18 PM
Bertha expected to make landfall as tropical storm, New Orleans under storm watch3%
nola.com7%By Marco Cartolano2%7/21/2026, 12:35:00 PM
Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens, Gulf Coast flood risk grows46%
FOX 13 News49%7/21/2026, 12:01:58 PM
Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Gulf of Mexico and could bring heavy rain to US coastal areas, forecasters say28%
OPB4%7/21/2026, 12:20:04 AM
Represe…6%Overcon…5%Ambigui…5%Attempt…1%
Tropical Storm Bertha forms in Gulf, heads for southeast Louisiana2%
nola.com7%By Kasey Bubnash15% Marco Cartolano2%7/21/2026, 12:04:00 AM
Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Gulf near Florida. Here’s what Houston can expect21%
Houston Chronicle13%By Justin Ballard16%7/21/2026, 12:02:12 AM