Topic summary
10%5 analyzed articles/videos1,080 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Accidents & Disasters results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Recency Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 347 hits. Analysis detected 1,631 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,660 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 40% (14,451 of 24,024 topics). This Accidents & Disasters is better (less manipulative) than 60.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510039.8% percentile
2.1% BS Score5 analyzed articles4.7K 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 1.7%1.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.5%7.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Indoctrination: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

At least 2 near-drownings at Salem's Kroc Center leave parents fuming8%
Statesman Journal8%By Katie Livermore9%8/8/2026, 9:01:08 AM
Confirm…7%Hasty G…9%Indoctr…19%
Roseburg man drowns in North Umpqua River in southern Oregon7%
Statesman Journal8%By Riley Ellis8%8/5/2026, 1:11:54 PM
All lanes closed on I-75 South in Warren County10%
The Enquirer7%By Gillian Stawiszynski13%8/4/2026, 4:50:34 AM
2 missing kayakers found dead near Washington Island in Door County4%
Journal Sentinel6%By Adrienne Davis6%8/3/2026, 4:18:10 PM
Search underway for kayakers who went missing in Door County14%
Journal Sentinel6%By Donnisa Edmonds20%8/2/2026, 1:49:12 PM
Availab…10%Appeal …10%Unattri…7%Indoctr…10%
41-year-old man drowns in Seaside after being swept into surf2%
Statesman Journal8%By Riley Ellis8%7/31/2026, 12:34:56 PM
Rescuers race to find survivors in the rain after a landslide in China kills at least 816%
Baltimore Sun47%By Associated Press74%7/17/2026, 10:09:28 PM
Boston man dead after skydiving accident in Orange15%
Boston.com38%By Samantha Genzer21%7/13/2026, 2:53:22 PM
Trump says he overruled plan to cancel America's 250th celebration amid evacuations86%
The Washington Post97%By Jeremy Roebuck0% Cat Zakrzewski0% Olivia George0%7/5/2026, 5:42:24 PM
At least 164 dead after powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela68%
The Washington Post97%By Helena Carpio0% Samantha Schmidt0% Victoria Craw0%6/24/2026, 7:13:20 PM