The Metro: When the power goes out, people call the mayor ⁠43%

By Robyn Vincent⁠32%

7/20/2026, 6:52:54 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 39.5% saturation with 120 hits. Analysis detected 579 faulty-reasoning hits from 304 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (12,602 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 57.60% of the article peer group.

What does accountability look like for Michigan’s utilities after over half a million residents lost power earlier this month? 
Last week, the state opened an investigation into DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, and Indiana Michigan Power Co. for their response to the outages, which stretched on for multiple days for some residents in 90 degree heat. 
In Farmington Hills, at a senior living home, where some residents rely on oxygen machines, staff were dressing people in the dark. 
The Michigan Public Service Commission is demanding that utilities explain by August how they deployed crews, how they guarded downed wires, and why their restoration estimates kept moving. 
Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich joined Robyn Vincent on The Metro to discuss how her residents were affected by the outages and how she believes the utilities should be held accountable. 
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The post The Metro: When the power goes out, people call the mayor appeared first on WDET 101.9 FM . 
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304 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers26%attributed speech225writer words
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Writer's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 36 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageMichigan Public Service Commission • 28 words • 100.0% coverageFarmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich • 31 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWDET 101.9 FM • 20 words • 0.0% coverage
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31 attributed words39% of attributed speech84% writer coverage
0%27.5%55.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -53.3 ptsWriter: 53.3%Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-24.4 ptsWriter: 24.4%Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-16.0 ptsWriter: 16.0%Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.0 ptsWriter: 4.0%Farmington Hills Mayor Theresa Rich: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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