Topic summary
⁠81%174 analyzed articles/videos154,193 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Climate Change results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 52,397 hits. Analysis detected 460,965 faulty-reasoning hits from 676,557 analyzed words across 174 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (19,844 of 21,918 topics). This Climate Change is better (less manipulative) than 90.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.5% percentile
1.3% BS Score174 analyzed articles676.6K 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 4.9%4.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%

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 4.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis⁠54%
The Guardian⁠89%By Jillian Ambrose Damian Carrington⁠0%8/4/2026, 10:49:16 AM
Availab…47%Negativ…10%Anecdot…47%
Climate change could redraw California’s wine map⁠20%
The Columbian⁠57%By Corinne Purtill⁠80% Los Angeles Times⁠100%8/4/2026, 6:03:05 AM
Availab…5%Optimis…6%Slipper…4%
Emperor penguin chicks like these starved. An iceberg may be the cause⁠2%
Science News⁠23%By Melissa Hobson⁠18%8/4/2026, 6:00:00 AM
New York Tackles the Myth That Solar is Swallowing Farmland⁠38%
Mother Jones⁠66%By Kathryn Krawczyk⁠0%8/4/2026, 4:30:00 AM
Firefighters scramble to contain Greek fires before winds and high temp return⁠29%
ABC News⁠41%By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press⁠0% SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press⁠0%8/4/2026, 3:45:18 AM
SEC Should Withdraw Proposal Limiting Investor Access to Essential Climate-Related Information⁠84%
Common Dreams⁠98%By Newswire Editor⁠98%8/3/2026, 10:51:37 AM
Slog AM: Fire in Spokane, Another Police Chief Who Doesn’t Live Here, and Time to Vote⁠10%
The Stranger⁠61%By Vivian McCall⁠21%8/3/2026, 9:30:00 AM
The Class Divide Haunting Climate Politics⁠60%
Jacobin⁠75%By Matt Huber⁠78%8/3/2026, 9:17:44 AM
Big Oil Giant BP Banks Blockbuster Profits as Climate Disasters Strike Across the Globe⁠88%
Common Dreams⁠98%By Newswire Editor⁠98%8/3/2026, 8:42:36 AM
‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered⁠32%
The Guardian⁠89%By Ajit Niranjan⁠39% Jonathan Watts⁠74%8/3/2026, 7:14:47 AM