Topic summary
75%12 analyzed articles/videos10,206 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Floods results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 3,224 hits. Analysis detected 20,880 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,878 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 7% (22,393 of 23,988 topics). This Floods is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
1.1% BS Score12 analyzed articles40.9K 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%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%

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 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Sri Lanka shuts schools as floods and mudslides kill 732%
Al Jazeera77%By Al Jazeera Staff70%8/4/2026, 4:27:13 PM
For renters locked out of state assistance, the road to flood recovery is long9%
Cardinal News5%By Elizabeth Beyer6%8/4/2026, 1:45:00 AM
Availab…9%Represe…7%Pessimi…7%Appeal …7%
Sri Lanka closes some schools as heavy rains trigger floods and mudslides, killing 56%
ABC News45%By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press31%8/3/2026, 11:18:14 PM
‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered35%
The Guardian90%By Ajit Niranjan41% Jonathan Watts75%8/3/2026, 7:14:47 AM
After flash floods in southern Missouri drove tourists away, business owners say 'Come float!'42%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR76%By Sarah Fentem75%7/25/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Texas flood destroyed or heavily damaged 135 Kerr County homes, Abbott said12%
The Texas Tribune33%By Katlyn Ma10%7/20/2026, 2:00:18 PM
Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster22%
Associated Press34%By CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER30% REBECCA BOONE20%7/18/2026, 4:15:23 AM
Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year’s deadly disaster38%
ABC News45%By CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press46% REBECCA BOONE Associated Press29%7/18/2026, 4:15:23 AM
Texas floods have left high waters and a big cleanup job after hundreds of people are rescued20%
Associated Press34%By JESSE BEDAYN JAMIE STENGLE JOHN HANNA30%7/17/2026, 7:36:24 AM
Texas flash floods leave at least 2 dead in region devastated a year ago30%
AP News72%By Jesse Bedayn76% Jamie Stengle36% Hannah Fingerhut40%7/16/2026, 5:00:11 AM