Speaker summary
⁠33%8 analyzed articles/videos126 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The National Weather Service results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 25% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 161 faulty-reasoning hits from 126 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (20,989 of 28,364 speakers). This The National Weather Service is better (less manipulative) than 74.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510026.0% percentile
16.8% BS Score8 analyzed videos126 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 18.2%18.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 25.0%25.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 13.5%13.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 13.5%13.5%

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 13.5%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 25.0%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 19.2%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 18.2%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

DC area faces severe storm risk. Damaging winds, hail possible⁠24%
WTOP⁠32%By Matt Small⁠47%7/21/2026, 5:53:42 AM
Framing…10%Negativ…11%Appeal …30%Biased …5%
Monsoon storms to bring flash flood risk across Southern Nevada this week⁠8%
Las Vegas Sun⁠90%By Las Vegas Sun Staff⁠54%7/20/2026, 1:55:00 AM
Texas is drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn that more storms could bring dangerous floods⁠36%
WTOP⁠32%By WTOP Staff⁠29%7/14/2026, 5:55:55 PM
1 dead⁠10%
KOAM News Now⁠0%By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert⁠0% and CNN's Kate S. Petersen⁠0%7/12/2026, 2:15:22 AM
More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding⁠8%
WBOC TV⁠0%By HALLIE GOLDEN⁠0% KRISTIN HALL - Associated Press⁠0%7/11/2026, 8:18:04 AM
More than 150 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missouri faces flooding⁠5%
https://www.ky3.com⁠0%By Associated Press⁠60%7/10/2026, 9:09:09 PM
Giant hole could lead to sewage backup during storms, St. Louis sewer officials warn⁠38%
STLPR⁠0%By Rob Edwards⁠0%6/17/2026, 12:49:09 PM
Another round of storms threatening NYC could usher in weekend relief from the humidity⁠16%
Gothamist⁠77%By Brittany Kriegstein⁠66%6/12/2026, 5:44:00 AM