Speaker summary
40%18 analyzed articles/videos323.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These NOAA results contain 3 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 34.1% saturation with 197 hits. Analysis detected 345 faulty-reasoning hits from 323.333 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 23.3% and a BS Rank of 40% (26,633 of 44,216 speakers). This NOAA is better (less manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

40% percentile
025507510039.8% percentile
23.3% BS Score18 analyzed videos323.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 34.1%34.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 22.3%22.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 13.5%13.5%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 34.1%, sitewide 11.1%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 22.3%, sitewide 1.1%Optimism Bias: Speaker 13.5%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Massive, metal-encrusted megalodon teeth litter deep ocean floor7%
Popular Science29%By Andrew Paul37%8/4/2026, 8:04:48 AM
How to watch a live deep-sea exploration in the Pacific11%
Popular Science29%By Andrew Paul37%8/3/2026, 7:38:59 AM
Where the desert meets the sea, a pipeline threatens the Gulf of California19%
Prism52%By Rachel Herring27% Arantza Caudillo-Álvarez27%7/29/2026, 9:08:37 AM
Former college, NFL player Javian Hawkins accused of arson1%
wsbtv.com0%7/21/2026, 7:20:29 AM
Represe…6%Overcon…5%Ambigui…5%Attempt…1%
Tropical Storm Bertha forms in Gulf, heads for southeast Louisiana4%
nola.com31%By Kasey Bubnash22% Marco Cartolano5%7/20/2026, 5:04:00 PM
Anchori…2%Framing…2%Negativ…7%Appeal …3%
Showers could reach Bay Area before tropical moisture raises lightning risk3%
San Francisco Chronicle30%By Greg Porter2%7/20/2026, 4:00:00 AM
National Hurricane Center Watching System Gain Strength In The Gulf38%
Forbes65%By Marshall Shepherd47%7/19/2026, 9:00:25 AM
El Niño explained: Here are 5 things the weather phenomenon isn't13%
Houston Chronicle31%By Justin Ballard12%7/19/2026, 4:00:00 AM
'These are striking forecasts': Super El Niño keeps getting even more likely, and it could bring a humanitarian crisis51%
Live Science22%By Patrick Pester59%7/17/2026, 8:56:26 AM
Overcon…1%Halo Ef…0.6%Appeal …6%Anecdot…3%
Live updates: Owner of boat that capsized near Alcatraz identified2%
San Francisco Chronicle30%By Megan Fan Munce2% Aidin Vaziri6% Anna Bauman7%7/15/2026, 7:46:22 AM