Topic summary
24%21 analyzed articles/videos11,729 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Emergency Services results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 4% saturation with 2,025 hits. Analysis detected 22,502 faulty-reasoning hits from 50,577 analyzed words across 21 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (21,823 of 22,261 topics). This Emergency Services is better (less manipulative) than 98.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

2% percentile
02550751002.0% percentile
0.9% BS Score21 analyzed articles50.6K 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 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 4.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Optimis…29%
Hollywood Beach gets new life-saving upgrades from Hollywood Ocean Rescue5%
WSVN27%By Jayme Berezdivin28%8/4/2026, 3:49:33 PM
Recency…23%Anecdot…23%
Forward progress stopped on Diablo Fire; evacuation warning lifted4%
Reno Gazette Journal35%By Peggy Santoro4%8/2/2026, 7:10:30 PM
Police sirens started with a 19th century French scientist12%
Popular Science30%By Justin Pot10%8/2/2026, 10:15:00 AM
Helena to seek voter approval for additional firefighters and police officers22%
Montana Free Press2%By JoVonne Wagner8%7/30/2026, 1:12:59 PM
Nearly 2M acres burned in Oregon, Washington4%
The Register-Guard9%By Bettina Wu8%7/30/2026, 12:48:15 PM
Flint Council OKs $500K Haskell Center grant, lower millage rates7%
Flint Beat2%By Mitchell Kukulka3%7/29/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Chesterfield now using drones to assist emergency response; emphasizes privacy measures are in place16%
The Richmonder12%By Eleanor Shaw13%7/28/2026, 5:08:16 PM
Appeal …5%Ambigui…8%Biased …1%
3 hospitalized in 2-boat crash off Bay Harbor Islands in Miami-Dade1%
Local 10 News48%By Linnie Supall13% Ryan Mackey10%7/25/2026, 3:50:44 AM
Teenage girl and woman die after group gets into difficulties in sea off Essex beach7%
The Guardian89%By Rachel Hall7%7/23/2026, 4:29:37 AM
Viral Video Claims Black People Invented the Ambulance—Here’s What History Actually Says42%
The Daily Dot70%By Sohini58%7/21/2026, 2:27:49 AM