Topic summary
85%9 analyzed articles/videos4,392 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Power Outages results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 4,508 hits. Analysis detected 18,796 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,223 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 54% (7,648 of 16,562 topics). This Power Outages is worse (more manipulative) than 53.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

54% percentile
025507510053.8% percentile
3.2% BS Score9 analyzed articles15.2K 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 14.2%14.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 29.6%29.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.6%0.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.1%9.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.1%1.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 29.6%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 14.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 2.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Flooding closes I-40 in Orange County, trees fall in Triangle, thousands lose power10%
WRAL.com56%By WRAL staff11%7/23/2026, 10:10:14 AM
Waymo preemptively paused service during SF power outage21%
The San Francisco Standard35%By Jennifer Wadsworth23%7/18/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Jamaica scrambles to restore power after rare islandwide blackout63%
AP News53%6/6/2026, 2:34:06 PM
Total blackout strikes St. Thomas and St. John in the US Virgin Islands twice this weekend21%
AP News53%5/31/2026, 4:34:13 PM
Humidity at PG&E Substation Likely Cause of Massive December San Francisco Blackout80%
KQED61%By Katie DeBenedetti69%5/9/2026, 12:19:38 AM
Around 87,000 Xcel customers without power Friday morning as officials warn of extremely dangerous fire conditions76%
Colorado Public Radio0%By Ishan Thakore0% Alejandro A. Alonso Galva0% Tegan Wendland0% Tony Gorman0%12/19/2025, 3:24:31 PM
Strong winds from coast-to-coast storm fuel wildfires, power outages and trigger evacuations across Rockies92%
Fox Weather0%By Angela Fortuna0% Julian Atienza0%12/18/2025, 1:34:00 AM
Power outages soar across Northwest, as latest storm blasts flood-weary Washington with hurricane-force winds89%
FOX Weather0%By Julian Atienza0%12/17/2025, 3:54:53 PM
Colorado officials implement a Public Safety Power Shutoff due to fire risk from strong winds92%
FOX Weather0%By Alexandra Myers0%12/16/2025, 8:52:17 PM