Topic summary
34%17 analyzed articles/videos6,590 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Wildfire Smoke results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 4,158 hits. Analysis detected 37,796 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,142 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (13,126 of 16,562 topics). This Wildfire Smoke is better (less manipulative) than 79.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510020.7% percentile
1.9% BS Score17 analyzed articles39.1K 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 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.6%10.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 0.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The bitter lesson of climate change35%
Vox50%By Bryan Walsh32%7/22/2026, 5:30:00 AM
Portland Suddenly Hits 100 Degrees as Officials Rush to Respond49%
Willamette Week54%By Ila Bell34%7/21/2026, 10:49:30 AM
Readers sound off on carriage drivers' testimony, wildfire smoke and daylight savings73%
New York Daily News76%By Voice of the People79%7/21/2026, 12:00:53 AM
NYC’s wildfire smoke clears after second-worst event in modern record69%
Gothamist77%By Michael Sol Warren74%7/19/2026, 1:27:00 PM
Welcome to America’s post-World Cup hangover89%
Vox50%By Alex Abad-Santos60%7/19/2026, 3:00:00 AM
What the 20th-century war on smog tells us about today’s wildfire smoke66%
STAT44%By Rebecca Florsheim0% Neil Vora98% Peter J. Winch0% Connie Hoe0%7/17/2026, 1:48:10 PM
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit offers respite centers to get people out of wildfire smoke21%
WDET 101.9 FM18%By Hernz Laguerre40%7/17/2026, 1:13:13 PM
Wildfire Smoke Threatens the World Cup Final67%
Truthout74%By Tik Root15%7/17/2026, 11:06:23 AM
The D.C. region is under a code purple air quality alert. Here’s what to know45%
WAMU15%By Sarahkim0%7/17/2026, 10:57:16 AM
Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA doesn’t have a plan.60%
CT Mirror20%By Tik Root15% Grist88%7/17/2026, 10:54:02 AM