Speaker summary
⁠26%9 analyzed articles/videos182.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These U.S. Forest Service results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 17.3% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 83.24 faulty-reasoning hits from 182.667 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (24,042 of 28,364 speakers). This U.S. Forest Service is better (less manipulative) than 84.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.2% percentile
11.8% BS Score9 analyzed videos182.7 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 13.6%13.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 17.3%17.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.4%4.4%

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 13.6%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 17.3%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.4%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The deadly experiment that could save the American elm⁠4%
Grist⁠28%By Tik Root⁠15%7/23/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Feds Investigate Whether PG&E Contract Work Sparked Twain Fire in Plumas County⁠43%
KQED⁠61%By Ella Jackson⁠68%7/20/2026, 1:36:08 PM
Father and son charged in alleged 15-hour kidnapping of Forest Service biologists in California⁠8%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠14%By Aidin Vaziri⁠2%7/20/2026, 12:05:17 PM
Kidnapped Forest Service employees freed after being taken hostage⁠10%
Washington Examiner⁠74%By Rena Rowe⁠52%7/17/2026, 4:25:53 PM
Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire holds steady, Elk fire keeps growing⁠7%
The Denver Post⁠13%By Meg Wingerter⁠9%7/17/2026, 8:53:09 AM
Colorado wildfires: New Aspen Acres fire evacuations in Huerfano County; Steamboat deploys snowmaking guns as precaution⁠6%
The Denver Post⁠13%By Lauren Penington⁠6% Katie Langford⁠12%7/14/2026, 8:00:14 AM
Suspect caught living for 8 years among a half-ton of trash in Arizona national forest, feds say⁠40%
The Independent⁠68%By Justin Rohrlich⁠0%7/5/2026, 5:25:42 AM
Los incendios forestales son caros. Si provocas uno, Utah y el gobierno federal te cobrarán⁠26%
KUER⁠0%By Macy Lipkin⁠0%6/30/2026, 12:10:52 AM
Utahns on notice as fast-moving Cottonwood Fire, the largest in the US, spreads⁠57%
KUER⁠0%By Associated Press⁠60%6/27/2026, 10:32:51 AM