Topic summary
63%11 analyzed articles/videos10,398 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disaster Preparedness results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 4.9% saturation with 2,161 hits. Analysis detected 18,484 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,302 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 4% (22,204 of 23,130 topics). This Disaster Preparedness is better (less manipulative) than 96.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.0% percentile
1.0% BS Score11 analyzed articles44.3K 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 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Emergency management's AI challenge isn't technology — it's implementation, new reports say25%
StateScoop55%By Sophia Fox-Sowell0%8/4/2026, 3:08:39 PM
LA County to Conduct Earthquake Preparedness Review50%
Pasadena Now17%By CITY NEWS SERVICE59%8/4/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Spokane's 'urban conflagration' is a horrific repeat of Palisades, Eaton fires: Wilds, flames, destruction33%
Los Angeles Times88%By Clara Harter77%8/3/2026, 7:01:24 PM
Wildfires scorch Colorado as crews race to fortify containment lines7%
The Colorado Sun27%By Justin George14%7/19/2026, 11:36:34 AM
Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster21%
Associated Press40%By CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER30% REBECCA BOONE20%7/18/2026, 4:15:23 AM
Key differences spared Texas lives in second straight July flood12%
The Texas Tribune33%By Alejandra Martinez9% Emily Foxhall11% Ellie Ashby13%7/17/2026, 6:02:45 PM
New flooding haunts Hill Country residents a year after historic disaster33%
The Texas Tribune33%By Ayden Runnels14% Ellie Ashby13%7/16/2026, 7:06:25 PM
Disaster rehearsal10%
Chicago Reader45%By Morley Musick15%7/16/2026, 5:00:00 AM
New Del Mar Fairgrounds CEO on Ushering in a New Era30%
Voice of San Diego36%By Tigist Layne28%7/15/2026, 5:13:05 PM
Utahns are feeling the anxiety and stress of how close wildfires are this year39%
KUER84%By Hugo Rikard-Bell80%6/25/2026, 11:17:45 AM