Topic summary
41%12 analyzed articles/videos3,485 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Heat Waves results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.6% saturation with 2,619 hits. Analysis detected 16,510 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,778 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 21% (9,519 of 11,919 topics). This Heat Waves is better (less manipulative) than 79.90% of the peer group.
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Heat Waves attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Heat Waves vs sitewide
Heat Waves attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

1,000 evacuated from Fontainebleau fires near Paris; Spanish authorities identify some fire victims3%
WTOP47%By WTOP Staff50%7/14/2026, 1:02:58 PM
‘Get Off Somebody’s Food’: Viral Video of People Climbing Into Grocery Store Meat Cooler Sparks Food Safety Concerns39%
The Daily Dot47%By Sohini40%7/6/2026, 10:21:35 AM
Heat causes Great American State Fair to close temporarily and other disruptions31%
The Washington Post0%By Liam Scott0% Joe Heim0%7/3/2026, 2:17:46 PM
The days are hot, but so are the nights. That's a problem, experts say22%
NPR84%By Scott Neuman0%7/2/2026, 4:55:50 PM
How Philadelphia turned a deadly heat wave into protections that could help millions82%
The Washington Post0%By Brady Dennis0%7/2/2026, 10:00:01 AM
Early Addition: What if Americans had slightly smaller pickup trucks?27%
Gothamist75%By James Ramsay0%6/29/2026, 2:36:13 PM
France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records54%
AP News49%By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER0% JOHN LEICESTER0%6/28/2026, 11:23:40 AM
Central Europe sizzles as heat records are smashed in Switzerland, Denmark and Czech Republic33%
AP News49%By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER0% SYLVIA HUI0% JOHN LEICESTER0%6/27/2026, 12:35:42 PM
People aren’t the only ones hit by heat. What to do if you see wildlife affected by hot temperatures14%
AP News49%By Alexa St. John16%6/27/2026, 4:19:14 AM
This Summer’s Heat Is Only the Beginning58%
The Nation0%By Mark Hertsgaard0%6/25/2026, 9:35:00 AM