Speaker summary
39%119 analyzed articles/videos4,865.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These National Weather Service results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 528.572 hits. Analysis detected 2,797.431 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,865.333 analyzed words across 119 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,333 of 28,364 speakers). This National Weather Service is better (less manipulative) than 99.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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1.7% BS Score119 analyzed videos4.9K 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 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.9%6.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.8%0.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.9%0.9%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 10.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Las Vegas may see its hottest weekend of the year amid extreme heat wave15%
Las Vegas Review-Journal62%By Mark Davis17%7/25/2026, 12:00:17 PM
Gov. Abbott confirms third fatality in July floods7%
Houston Public Media12%By Kory Cook4% Texas Public Radio6%7/24/2026, 11:26:50 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
Nashville just neared its dew point record. Why that’s dangerous for heat, flooding10%
WPLN12%By Caroline Eggers44%7/24/2026, 9:30:44 AM
Appeal …14%Red Her…6%Unattri…23%Quote-f…5%
Flash flood warning issued for Sugar Land, Missouri City and Stafford4%
Houston Chronicle16%By Ashley Soebroto10%7/23/2026, 11:36:57 PM
Level 3 ‘Go Now’ evacuation orders expand in Central Oregon as Akawa Butte Fire heads east5%
OPB4%By OPB staff7%7/23/2026, 2:04:31 AM
Tornadoes confirmed in Westchester and New Jersey after severe storms7%
Gothamist77%By Giulia Heyward48%7/22/2026, 11:08:00 PM
Galveston County officials monitor Bertha as tropical storm watch takes effect12%
Houston Public Media12%By Julianna Washburn22% Galveston County Bureau22%7/22/2026, 8:57:10 PM
Aspen Acres fire crews shoring up defenses around homes in southern Colorado6%
The Colorado Sun6%By Lance Benzel48%7/22/2026, 4:48:09 PM
Heat advisory issued as dangerous temperatures return to San Antonio; here’s how to stay safe27%
San Antonio Report7%By Diego Medel40%7/22/2026, 11:30:00 AM