Topic summary
7%5 analyzed articles/videos4,395 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Weather Events results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 1,449 hits. Analysis detected 5,930 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,662 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 1% (15,199 of 15,359 topics). This Weather Events is better (less manipulative) than 99.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751001.0% percentile
1.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles16.7K 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 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate