Topic summary
78%51 analyzed articles/videos42,595 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Drought results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Optimism Bias, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 11,976 hits. Analysis detected 105,710 faulty-reasoning hits from 192,201 analyzed words across 50 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (22,416 of 23,505 topics). This Drought is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score50 analyzed articles192.2K 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 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Village hit by record-breaking 50 days without rain as further heatwave looms57%
The Independent66%By Suha Kidwai82%8/7/2026, 6:15:22 AM
Could England and Wales ever run out of water?10%
The Guardian90%By Pippa Neill86% Safeerah Ahmed0%8/7/2026, 2:00:12 AM
Puerto Rican cities hit with water rationing measures as record dry conditions persist54%
WSVN30%By Rubén Rosario34%8/5/2026, 6:02:00 AM
How Aurora Water uses surveillance tech to crack down on lawn-watering violations30%
The Colorado Sun28%By Michael Booth56%8/4/2026, 4:06:01 AM
Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico26%
WRAL.com29%By MIKELLA SCHUETTLER — Associated Press29%8/3/2026, 4:43:13 PM
Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in New Mexico26%
ABC News44%By MIKELLA SCHUETTLER Associated Press25%8/3/2026, 4:38:22 PM
Carman: It’s not easy being green in Denver during a historic drought47%
The Colorado Sun28%By Diane Carman78%8/2/2026, 2:01:00 AM
Western states face water cuts as Colorado River shrinks48%
Cascade PBS71%By Cascade PBS Staff59%7/31/2026, 5:15:26 PM
Historic Drought Ends Irrigation Season Early For Eastern Wyoming Farmers9%
Cowboy State Daily14%By Kate Meadows6%7/31/2026, 2:26:00 PM
Everything you need to know about the new federal report on the Colorado River's future8%
The Colorado Sun28%By Shannon Mullane15%7/31/2026, 8:07:36 AM