Speaker summary
⁠32%5 analyzed articles/videos95.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Watch Duty results contain 7 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Availability Heuristic, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16.5% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 168 faulty-reasoning hits from 95.333 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 12.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠19% (36,867 of 45,145 speakers). This Watch Duty is better (less manipulative) than 81.70% of the peer group.
Watch Duty
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%Paul Heideman1%
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Conor Heffernan1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%Katy Longshore1%
⁠19%Watch Duty (selected)13%
⁠100%291 Brewhouse100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

18% percentile
025507510018.3% percentile
12.4% BS Score5 analyzed videos95.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.5%16.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Speaker 7.7%7.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 7.7%7.7%

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 16.5%, sitewide 11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 0.5%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Speaker 16.5%, sitewide 6.7%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 4.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 7.7%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Anchori…11%Negativ…7%Appeal …7%Unattri…14%
Crews respond to 3-alarm vegetation fire near Falls City, Oregon⁠3%
Statesman Journal⁠7%By Riley Ellis⁠8%8/3/2026, 2:58:26 PM
Framing…40%Unattri…15%Biased …40%
Evacuation order issued north of Cold Springs for brush fire⁠6%
Reno Gazette Journal⁠28%By Peggy Santoro⁠2%8/1/2026, 10:11:14 PM
Wildfire breaks out near Devil’s Tower National Monument; evacuation in order⁠25%
Oil City News⁠13%By Nick Perkins⁠40%8/1/2026, 12:42:10 PM
BREAKING: Reported wildfire breaks out in Natrona County⁠13%
Oil City News⁠13%By Nick Perkins⁠40%7/31/2026, 4:10:47 PM
Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster⁠30%
WDBO⁠35%By CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER⁠31% REBECCA BOONE⁠20% Associated Press⁠74%7/18/2026, 4:15:23 AM