Speaker summary
28%15 analyzed articles/videos661.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Transportation Safety Board results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Status Quo Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 176 hits. Analysis detected 504.199 faulty-reasoning hits from 661.667 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,624 of 28,364 speakers). This National Transportation Safety Board is better (less manipulative) than 97.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

3% percentile
02550751002.6% percentile
5.0% BS Score15 analyzed videos661.7 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 11.2%11.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.9%4.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 3.5%3.5%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 12.2%12.2%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 0.8%0.8%

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 11.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A seaplane carrying 11 crashes into an island north of Seattle and all aboard are rescued15%
Newsday55%By The Associated Press63%7/24/2026, 1:01:46 PM
Thirty Years Later, FBI Record Exposes a Missing Piece of the TWA Flight 800 Investigation17%
RedState91%By Ben Smith50%7/23/2026, 8:30:37 AM
Boeing & Aerospace49%
The Seattle Times83%7/22/2026, 1:10:38 PM
U.S. & World – NBC New York46%
NBC New York74%By The Associated Press63%7/21/2026, 2:02:49 AM
Exclusive | Egyptian terror group claimed responsibility for downing TWA Flight 800 off Long Island in 1996, new FBI records reveal64%
New York Post89%By Geoff Earle90%7/18/2026, 1:00:42 PM
A Plane Crash Killed 92 People—And Exposed a Major Government Secret47%
Popular Mechanics34%By Elizabeth Rayne29%7/17/2026, 6:00:04 PM
NTSB records point to possible bird strike before deadly Hudson River helicopter crash69%
Gothamist77%By Phil Corso48%7/16/2026, 8:21:14 PM
Tesla driver whose car slammed into Texas home overrode driver assistance mode, NTSB says35%
NBC News35%By Rebecca Cohen53% Austin Mullen53%7/16/2026, 7:16:16 PM
Oregon lawmakers seek airspace safety updates after slackline ensnared helicopter in fatal crash40%
OPB4%By Antonio Sierra34%7/15/2026, 11:55:42 PM
Preliminary NTSB findings: Driver in fatal Tesla crash in Katy overrode self-driving mode17%
Houston Public Media12%By Kyle McClenagan8%7/15/2026, 9:46:26 PM