Topic summary
16%69 analyzed articles/videos16,439 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Accidents results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 6,317 hits. Analysis detected 52,737 faulty-reasoning hits from 133,366 analyzed words across 69 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of 2% (23,133 of 23,467 topics). This Accidents is better (less manipulative) than 98.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751001.4% percentile
0.8% BS Score69 analyzed articles133.4K 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 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.7%4.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Availab…11%Hasty G…11%
Woman on scooter killed in downtown collision2%
The San Francisco Standard57%By George Kelly34% Garrett Leahy27%8/7/2026, 9:57:33 AM
Hazmat cleanup from 18-wheeler crash slows traffic on Texas 225 in Pasadena1%
Houston Chronicle32%By Sondra Hernandez18%8/7/2026, 4:39:36 AM
Availab…15%Appeal …27%
4 injured in Boston school bus rollover, police say4%
Boston.com38%By Samantha Genzer21%8/6/2026, 1:31:27 PM
Brockton mayor suing state, says 2025 crash involving State Trooper left him disabled2%
Boston.com38%By Samantha Genzer21%8/5/2026, 5:07:59 PM
Pentagon Seemingly Caused a Medevac Plane to Crash, Killing Everyone Onboard59%
Truthout85%By Sharon Zhang89%8/5/2026, 2:33:06 PM
Willamette Street reopened at 27th Avenue after crash in Eugene1%
The Register-Guard8%By Haleigh Kochanski26%8/5/2026, 1:35:58 PM
Newly-Obtained Surveillance Footage Shows Brooklyn Fiery Crash, Possibly Linked to Stabbing15%
BKReader58%By BK Reader Staff44%8/5/2026, 1:20:18 AM
UCLA sorority sister dies in freak accident on popular Washington hiking trail47%
California Post94%By Erica Andrews45%8/3/2026, 5:39:00 PM
NY State Police responding to minivan crash on Palisades Parkway7%
The Journal News4%By Leia Green3%8/3/2026, 12:09:09 PM
Framing…29%Appeal …53%Unattri…39%
3 hurt in 2-vehicle wreck on Edens Expressway in Northbrook7%
Chicago Sun-Times51%By Sun-Times Wire11%8/3/2026, 5:18:13 AM