Speaker summary
⁠30%6 analyzed articles/videos160.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Colorado Department of Transportation results contain 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 23 hits. Analysis detected 42 faulty-reasoning hits from 160.333 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (43,170 of 45,103 speakers). This Colorado Department of Transportation is better (less manipulative) than 95.70% of the peer group.
Colorado Department of Transportation
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠5%Colorado Department of Transportation (selected)6%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%
Speaker details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

4% percentile
02550751004.3% percentile
5.8% BS Score6 analyzed videos160.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 6.3%6.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 4.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Heavy rain sparks dangerous flooding in Colorado wildfire burn scars⁠7%
The Colorado Sun⁠26%By Olivia Prentzel⁠28%7/30/2026, 7:53:00 AM
Eastbound I-70 reopens near Georgetown after vehicle fire⁠11%
The Denver Post⁠30%By Lauren Penington⁠18%7/22/2026, 5:58:09 AM
Colorado wildfires: Mandatory evacuations called in Aspen Acres fire for parts of Custer County⁠9%
The Denver Post⁠30%By Lauren Penington⁠18%7/20/2026, 9:15:43 AM
Coloradans begin cleanup after rainstorms caused Western Slope mudslides⁠13%
The Colorado Sun⁠26%By Shannon Mullane⁠16%7/19/2026, 12:19:58 PM
Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire holds steady, Elk fire keeps growing⁠8%
The Denver Post⁠30%By Meg Wingerter⁠9%7/17/2026, 8:53:09 AM
Colorado wildfires: New Aspen Acres fire evacuations in Huerfano County; Steamboat deploys snowmaking guns as precaution⁠13%
The Denver Post⁠30%By Lauren Penington⁠18% Katie Langford⁠28%7/14/2026, 8:00:14 AM