Topic summary
5%40 analyzed articles/videos7,800 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Accidents results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.1% saturation with 4,726 hits. Analysis detected 37,286 faulty-reasoning hits from 92,605 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 1% (15,721 of 15,765 topics). This Accidents is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

0% percentile
02550751000.3% percentile
0.8% BS Score40 analyzed articles92.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Nolan Wells' pal begged him to 'get the f--k on the boat' before teen vanished, 'best friend' claims88%
New York Post89%By Alex Diaz97%7/24/2026, 12:49:54 PM
Third person dies after being swept away in Northern California river17%
San Francisco Chronicle11%By Aidin Vaziri2%7/24/2026, 12:24:22 AM
20-year-old Hayesville man dies after being trapped inside grain bin in Milton Township2%
Richland Source65%By Hayden Gray1%7/23/2026, 6:00:00 PM
Teen girl hospitalized after subway surfing in Queens, NYPD says28%
Gothamist77%By Brittany Kriegstein67%7/23/2026, 12:12:00 PM
Two People Died on the Trinity River Last Week, in Separate Incidents; Sheriff’s Office Issues Statement on the Cases, Urges People to be Cautious on the Water16%
Lost Coast Outpost67%By LoCO Staff46%7/21/2026, 1:48:16 PM
Mexican man killed by truck as he ran from ICE in Florida identified as tourist14%
Orlando Sentinel51%By Claire Healy20% Syra Ortiz Blanes20%7/21/2026, 10:48:28 AM
Hart County train crash: Tractor-trailer struck at railroad crossing10%
FOX 5 Atlanta49%By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team35%7/21/2026, 12:28:30 AM
5 dead in attempt to save a struggling swimmer in an Ohio river, sheriff says11%
WRAL.com44%By The Associated Press64%7/20/2026, 7:38:12 PM
Questions remain after toddler survives 5-story fall from New York building34%
The Mercury News21%By Kerry Burke34% Colin Mixson63% Emma Seiwell50%7/20/2026, 1:33:08 PM
Young airman killed in heavy equipment accident at California Space Force base22%
Fox News88%7/20/2026, 12:50:54 AM