Topic summary
94%3 analyzed articles/videos1,344 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Flash Floods results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.4% saturation with 1,627 hits. Analysis detected 4,823 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,032 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 5% and a BS Rank of 76% (4,016 of 16,559 topics). This Flash Floods is worse (more manipulative) than 75.80% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

76% percentile
025507510075.8% percentile
5.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles4K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 40.4%40.4%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.8%14.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.2%8.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 13.6%13.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 40.4%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 13.6%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.5%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.8%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate