Topic summary
70%121 analyzed articles/videos67,901 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Climate Change results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.9% saturation with 38,083 hits. Analysis detected 341,633 faulty-reasoning hits from 385,617 analyzed words across 121 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 12% (13,978 of 15,752 topics). This Climate Change is better (less manipulative) than 88.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score121 analyzed articles385.6K 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 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.9%9.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.3%6.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Why Extreme Heat Is a “Mass Casualty Event”66%
Cascade PBS88%By Cascade PBS Staff61%7/23/2026, 12:15:53 PM
Arizona’s iconic saguaros are being threatened. These are the perpetrators40%
Phoenix New Times52%By Eleri Mosier62% Cronkite News27%7/22/2026, 11:25:31 PM
Firefighters in central Spain battle huge wildfire during heat wave61%
ABC News19%By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press86%7/22/2026, 12:25:00 PM
Colorado drought increasingly linked to long-term climate change64%
The Colorado Sun6%By Michael Booth38%7/22/2026, 10:08:00 AM
Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds61%
The Denver Post11%By Elise Schmelzer84%7/22/2026, 10:00:16 AM
Opinion: What the wildfire smoke is telling us66%
CT Mirror18%By Mike Urgo0%7/22/2026, 4:02:00 AM
Ahead of Expected Record Profits, Make Polluters Pay Campaign Says Big Oil Is Cashing In On War Again85%
Common Dreams96%By Newswire Editor95%7/21/2026, 10:01:58 PM
Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos45%
Truthout75%By Mike Ludwig79%7/21/2026, 9:27:40 PM
Trump Links Canadian Wildfire Smoke to Tariffs, Calls for Policy Changes34%
NaturalNews.com22%By Iva Greene46%7/20/2026, 10:50:26 PM
Earth's Oceans Are Rapidly Losing Oxygen. It Could Destabilize the Planet49%
Gizmodo59%By Ellyn Lapointe29%7/20/2026, 8:50:38 PM