Topic summary
0%15 analyzed articles/videos16,903 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tornado Recovery results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Self-Serving Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 7,636 hits. Analysis detected 55,199 faulty-reasoning hits from 67,336 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,881 of 15,448 topics). This Tornado Recovery is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.
Tornado Recovery
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score15 analyzed articles67.3K 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 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.3%11.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.1%2.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

After nearly 4 years and a tornado, St. Louis plan to spend $255M Rams settlement passes36%
STLPR0%By Rachel Lippmann0%7/2/2026, 10:40:46 PM
St. Louis aldermen mull oversight of tornado Recovery Office set to get millions from Rams settlement23%
STLPR0%By Kavahn Mansouri59%6/11/2026, 10:00:00 AM
North St. Louis residents call for $150M of Rams settlement funds for tornado recovery16%
STLPR0%By Kavahn Mansouri59%6/4/2026, 5:34:44 PM
$10M in state funds would demolish more than 120 FEMA-ineligible homes from St. Louis tornado8%
STLPR0%By Kavahn Mansouri59%6/3/2026, 10:00:00 AM
One year after the tornado, north St. Louis residents remember and press on57%
STLPR0%By Katie Grawitch0%5/17/2026, 12:25:22 AM
Represe…5%Optimis…5%Attempt…5%
How St. Louisans are commemorating the 1-year mark of the May 16 tornado2%
STLPR0%By Lara Hamdan0%5/15/2026, 10:00:00 AM
3 stories of life post-tornado: Unaffordable insurance, a Katrina flashback and condo confusion39%
St. Louis Public Radio0%By Katie Grawitch0%5/14/2026, 10:00:00 AM
How neighbors crossed the Delmar Divide to rebuild after the tornado and found hope in each other44%
St. Louis Public Radio0%By Hiba Ahmad0%5/13/2026, 10:00:00 AM
‘We want to hold on to our legacy’: North St. Louisans fear tornado will empty community27%
STLPR0%By Andrea Y. Henderson0% Kavahn Mansouri59%5/12/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Two tornado-damaged St. Louis Public Library locations will reopen next week18%
STLPR0%By Katie Grawitch0%5/11/2026, 9:36:32 PM