Topic summary
78%58 analyzed articles/videos70,274 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Impact results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 22,964 hits. Analysis detected 190,700 faulty-reasoning hits from 311,942 analyzed words across 58 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 8% (22,105 of 23,799 topics). This Environmental Impact is better (less manipulative) than 92.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.1% percentile
1.1% BS Score58 analyzed articles311.9K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Regulators Force Do-Over For $1.7 Billion Data Center Power Line Plan2%
Urban Milwaukee13%By Joe Schulz13%8/7/2026, 3:22:14 PM
Jonesport voters overwhelmingly approve ordinances extending construction window for Kingfish Maine10%
The Maine Monitor17%By Jessica Brockington48%8/7/2026, 6:12:32 AM
Will a Data Center Bring Risk or Reward to Fisk?33%
Inside Higher Ed55%By Kathryn Palmer0%8/7/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Crow Tribe coal swap clears Senate committee22%
Montana Free Press2%By Tom Lutey21%8/6/2026, 11:09:12 AM
‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself46%
The Guardian90%By Steven Morris67%8/6/2026, 4:05:35 AM
Johns Hopkins agrees to pay for parking enforcement, but critic says DSAI agreement is otherwise flawed20%
Baltimore Brew22%By Fern Shen21%8/5/2026, 11:33:34 PM
‘No Blue Angels’34%
Real Change63%By Jordan Bollag47%8/5/2026, 9:23:00 AM
$112 million Southwest Detroit freight terminal project takes public input: What it means for truck traffic10%
Planet Detroit24%By Isabelle Tavares8%8/5/2026, 8:16:18 AM
Tribally Contested Badger Mountain Solar Project Canceled By Developer20%
Native News Online37%By B. 'Toastie' Oaster20%8/4/2026, 12:44:40 PM
Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in New Mexico26%
ABC News44%By MIKELLA SCHUETTLER Associated Press25%8/3/2026, 4:38:22 PM