Topic summary
32%41 analyzed articles/videos19,806 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Earthquakes results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 9,398 hits. Analysis detected 68,481 faulty-reasoning hits from 89,772 analyzed words across 41 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (15,133 of 16,559 topics). This Earthquakes is better (less manipulative) than 91.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

9% percentile
02550751008.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score41 analyzed articles89.8K 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 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Negativ…71%
Aid worker describes crisis in Venezuela after earthquakes22%
Cascade PBS90%By Cascade PBS Staff70%7/25/2026, 1:30:54 AM
Texas Panhandle shaken by strongest earthquake to hit the region25%
The Texas Tribune15%By Jayme Lozano Carver52%7/23/2026, 7:21:33 PM
The Texas Panhandle was hit by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake8%
Houston Public Media12%By Rob Salinas7%7/23/2026, 7:17:49 PM
5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Peru’s Andes region and kills at least 6 people42%
WSVN 7News55%By Associated Press60%7/19/2026, 10:32:20 PM
The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps42%
Los Angeles Times78%By Rong-Gong Lin II49%7/17/2026, 10:00:00 AM
‘Like a large truck rolling by.’ 3.8 magnitude quake near Oak Harbor felt by thousands77%
KUOW73%By Cornelius Hocker43%7/3/2026, 12:08:43 AM
‘Miracle’: Trapped man rescued eight days after Venezuela earthquakes35%
Al Jazeera59%By Al Jazeera Staff56%7/2/2026, 6:12:54 PM
'We can still pull out live victims': LA rescuers join Venezuela quake rescue efforts24%
NPR84%By John Otis0%7/2/2026, 8:48:12 AM
Death Toll Climbs, Thousands Missing Amid Venezuela Earthquake Rescue Efforts23%
Truthout74%By Amy Goodman27% Juan González0%6/30/2026, 8:36:08 PM
He survived 2 natural disasters in Venezuela’s La Guaira. Now he vows never to return16%
AP News53%By Fabiola Sánchez8%6/30/2026, 7:14:00 AM