Topic summary
71%22 analyzed articles/videos15,318 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Extreme Weather results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Indoctrination, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 8,235 hits. Analysis detected 60,922 faulty-reasoning hits from 76,752 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,866 of 16,562 topics). This Extreme Weather is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.2% percentile
1.6% BS Score22 analyzed articles76.8K 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 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.2%5.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.9%6.9%

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 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Nashville just neared its dew point record. Why that’s dangerous for heat, flooding10%
WPLN12%By Caroline Eggers44%7/24/2026, 9:30:44 AM
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'60%
Grist28%By Kate Yoder56%7/24/2026, 8:45:00 AM
The year climate change came for the Tour de France31%
Grist28%By Tik Root15%7/23/2026, 8:15:00 AM
As Much of the East Coast Is Choking on Wildfire Smoke, Texas Is Drowning in Life-Threatening Floods90%
Futurism88%By Joe Wilkins84%7/18/2026, 2:30:00 PM
'These are striking forecasts': Super El Niño keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisis52%
Live Science8%By Patrick Pester29%7/17/2026, 3:56:26 PM
Texas flooding surges from huge rainstorms as rescuers pull people from rising waters12%
Associated Press41%By JESSE BEDAYN68% JAMIE STENGLE14%7/16/2026, 12:00:11 PM
Freak Tornado Sucks Man Out of 12-Floor Apartment74%
Futurism88%By Joe Wilkins84%7/7/2026, 7:49:56 PM
America’s 250th Birthday Will Be a Scorcher Not All Will Survive19%
Mother Jones51%By Emily Mullin31%7/4/2026, 11:30:00 AM
July 4 heat wave would've been 'virtually impossible' in 177651%
Scientific American0%By Andrea Thompson73%7/3/2026, 11:30:00 AM
How Philadelphia turned a deadly heat wave into protections that could help millions84%
The Washington Post92%By Brady Dennis0%7/2/2026, 10:00:01 AM