Topic summary
9% 14 analyzed articles/videos 5,091 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Tropical Storm Bertha results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Optimism Bias , and Overconfidence Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.5% saturation with 1,170 hits . Analysis detected 7,029 faulty-reasoning hits from 18,111 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (15,476 of 15,753 topics). This Tropical Storm Bertha is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. Tropical Storm Bertha
Topic details
Total words: 18,111
Article count: 14
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.8% percentile 1.1% BS Score14 analyzed articles18.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 6.5% 6.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.2% 2.2% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% 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% Framing Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9% Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.1% Slippery Slope: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
OPB 3% 7/21/2026, 12:20:04 AM