Speaker summary
⁠52%19 analyzed articles/videos503.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 38.4% saturation with 330 hits. Analysis detected 911.806 faulty-reasoning hits from 503.333 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 12% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (21,917 of 25,919 speakers). This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is better (less manipulative) than 84.60% of the peer group.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.4% percentile
12.0% BS Score19 analyzed videos503.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 38.4%38.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.5%7.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 9.3%9.3%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.5%4.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 6.2%6.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 6.3%6.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 2.2%2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 8.2%8.2%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 38.4%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 4.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 9.3%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.2%, sitewide 6.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 6.2%, sitewide 2.7%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Tropical Storm Bertha tracker: Heavy rain and flash flooding forecast for parts of Gulf Coast — see latest path⁠6%
Yahoo News⁠37%By Dylan Stableford⁠4% Mike Bebernes⁠15% Jasmine Andersson⁠15%7/21/2026, 9:43:09 PM
Represe…6%Overcon…5%Ambigui…5%Attempt…1%
Tropical Storm Bertha forms in Gulf, heads for southeast Louisiana⁠2%
nola.com⁠7%By Kasey Bubnash⁠2% Marco Cartolano⁠2%7/21/2026, 12:04:00 AM
Oceans Are Absorbing Huge Amounts of Heat—and Sending Some of It Ashore⁠51%
Mother Jones⁠50%By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey⁠0%7/20/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Heat wave to hit SoCal as waves from Tropical Storm Elida slam beaches⁠29%
Los Angeles Times⁠79%By Rong-Gong Lin II⁠48%7/20/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Odds up to 80% tropical system will form off Florida. Storms possible in Tampa Bay⁠34%
Tampa Bay Times⁠8%By Richard Tribou⁠64%7/19/2026, 12:53:47 PM
El Niño explained: Here are 5 things the weather phenomenon isn't⁠12%
Houston Chronicle⁠14%By Justin Ballard⁠15%7/19/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Harrowing details emerge from deadly family boat outing on San Francisco Bay⁠7%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠9%By Aidin Vaziri⁠2% St. John Barned-Smith⁠4% Anna Bauman⁠2% Kate Talerico⁠4%7/16/2026, 12:11:57 AM
America’s Forgotten Tornado Apocalypse Left 500 Dead. Scientists Say It Could Happen Again.⁠21%
Popular Mechanics⁠35%By Darren Orf⁠34%7/15/2026, 12:30:00 PM
A Super El Niño is brewing: How bad would historic weather system get - Los Angeles Times⁠4%
Los Angeles Times⁠79%By Rong-Gong Lin II⁠48%7/13/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Heat dome threatens widespread stifling heat⁠27%
AP News⁠52%By Patrick Whittle⁠38% Tammy Webber⁠9%7/11/2026, 3:20:32 PM
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