Tag: Extreme Weather  NBC New York 81%

7/20/2026, 1:46:41 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.5% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 742 faulty-reasoning hits from 230 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 73.5% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,645 of 18,650 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 80.50% of the article peer group.

Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. 
Here's how it attacks the body 
Latest Forecast From Storm Team 4 
Tornadoes, dangerous winds, flash flooding threaten Saturday: See hourly radar breakdown 
Severe flooding slams Kerrville after Guadalupe River rises over 16 feet 
Texas flash floods leave at least 2 dead, hundreds rescued in region devastated a year ago 
Tornado seen in San Antonio 
Photos show Jersey Shore hospital flooded following heavy rain 
BJ's roof collapses as New Jersey floods; NYC streets under water 
New Jersey flash floods leave streets underwater. 
See the incredible scenes 
New Jersey battered by weekend storms 
Amid extreme heat wave, don't use fans indoors if it's above this temperature, experts warn 
Heat adds to strains on data centers, raising temperature on AI debates 
This air conditioning strategy is the sweet spot for saving energy and money, experts say 
NYC on brink of ‘heat emergency': Mamdani urges New Yorkers to stay indoors 
Extreme heat warning blankets NYC area; It could feel as hot as 111 degrees outside 
Hottest days since 2012? 
Upcoming NYC heat wave to bring deadly feels-like temps 
Beat the heat: How to recognize and treat heat stroke 
100 degrees this week? 
NYC could jump into triple digits in July 5-day heat wave 
Extreme heat hits as we approach the July 4th holiday: What to know 
Confirmation Bias
6.5%
Anchoring Bias
8.3%
Availability Heuristic
25.7%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
6.5%
Framing Effect
40%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
17%
Negativity Bias
43.5%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
12.6%
Primacy Effect
1.7%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
18.7%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
6.5%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
15.7%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
7%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
4.8%
Anecdotal
3.9%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
22.2%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
6.5%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
20%
Quote-first Misdirection
6.1%
Biased Writer Voice
34.8%
Indoctrination
14.8%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

230 words analyzed.

Analysis

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