Topic summary
42%10 analyzed articles/videos8,618 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Extreme Weather Events results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.7% saturation with 2,831 hits. Analysis detected 23,941 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,960 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 12% (21,747 of 24,545 topics). This Extreme Weather Events is better (less manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.4% percentile
1.3% BS Score10 analyzed articles42K 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 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.8%6.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Juliana Leon died in a climate-linked heat wave. Her daughter is suing Big Oil.9%
The Real News5%By Sonali Kolhatkar34%8/7/2026, 11:36:21 AM
Floods, droughts and heat domes. Is this the future?9%
Mirror Indy6%By Enrique Saenz6% Darian Benson12% Elizabeth Gabriel15%8/6/2026, 12:48:09 PM
Super El Niño Could Bring Heavy Rainfall and Record High Tides This Winter, Plus Summer Lightning in Fire-Prone Regions Across the North Coast, Climate Scientists Warn46%
Lost Coast Outpost22%By Ryan Burns44%8/6/2026, 6:48:57 AM
Why rice crops could be in for a weird year31%
Grist46%By Tik Root34%7/31/2026, 1:30:00 AM
Oceans Are Absorbing Huge Amounts of Heat—and Sending Some of It Ashore42%
Mother Jones69%By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey55%7/20/2026, 4:30:00 AM
The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science12%
Ars Technica43%By John Timmer51%7/17/2026, 4:30:10 AM
New National Academy of Sciences Climate Attribution Report Underscores How Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather86%
Common Dreams98%By Newswire Editor98%7/16/2026, 8:00:48 AM
Record rain led to Missouri flash flooding. Climate change could bring more deadly storms49%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR76%By Kate Grumke73%7/16/2026, 2:00:00 AM
'It affects your daily life suddenly': Sea level researcher explains why once-in-a-century floods could become the new normal35%
Live Science19%By Patrick Pester60%7/14/2026, 2:03:11 AM
This Heat is Fatal. We Need to Talk About it.71%
The Nation88%By Mark Hertsgaard60%7/2/2026, 7:28:58 AM