Topic summary
13%5 analyzed articles/videos1,252 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Storms results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 696 hits. Analysis detected 3,850 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,992 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 19% (12,796 of 15,634 topics). This Storms is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score5 analyzed articles8K 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 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate