Topic summary
17%11 analyzed articles/videos5,033 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Search And Rescue results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.6% saturation with 1,909 hits. Analysis detected 15,250 faulty-reasoning hits from 28,863 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (16,307 of 16,562 topics). This Search And Rescue is better (less manipulative) than 98.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751001.5% percentile
1.1% BS Score11 analyzed articles28.9K 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 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.3%2.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

This Teen Could Climb UP the Cliffs at Agate Beach, but He Couldn't Climb Down! So Our Coasties Flew in and Rescued the Goofball8%
Lost Coast Outpost66%By LoCO Staff42%7/22/2026, 12:23:46 PM
Sheriff: Bodies of all 5 adults recovered from Scioto River after apparent rescue attempts8%
Richland Source70%By Jack Slemenda6%7/20/2026, 6:26:15 PM
A New Clue From the Night MH370 Vanished May Radically Change the Search for the Missing Plane27%
Popular Mechanics34%By Jeff Wise0%7/16/2026, 12:00:05 PM
SF Bay tragedy: Another body from capsized boat recovered as Coast Guard search nears end8%
The San Francisco Standard35%By Garrett Leahy31% George Kelly17% Max Harrison-Caldwell42% Kevin Truong15% Jennifer Wadsworth23% Michael McLaughlin19%7/15/2026, 11:35:38 PM
1 dead, 2 missing after boat capsizes near Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay2%
NBC News35%By Phil Helsel6%7/15/2026, 12:53:56 AM
Moles of Venezuela: the amateur rescuers digging and delving through the post-quake rubble35%
The Guardian81%By Tom Phillips0% Clavel Rangel0%7/6/2026, 12:30:29 PM
Researchers Built a Scuba Suit for Cyborg Cockroaches8%
Gizmodo57%By Bruce Gil31%7/4/2026, 6:00:08 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
5-year-old swept away in Laguna Beach identified as family mourns23%
California Post89%By Daniel Farr69%6/12/2026, 5:08:27 AM
Bodies of 2 paddleboarders who fell into B.C. lake have been recovered, RCMP say5%
CBC News49%By CBC News0%6/3/2026, 4:43:02 AM