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Read Gov. Cox’s exec order for higher Utah data center development standards ⁠38%

By Macy Lipkin⁠0%

5/29/2026, 7:06:39 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 44.8% saturation with 141 hits. Analysis detected 801 faulty-reasoning hits from 315 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 44% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (13,250 of 21,175 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 62.60% of the article peer group.

In the wake of public backlash over the proposed massive Stratos Project data center in Box Elder County, transparency is the new buzzword. 
The latest move came from Gov. 
Spencer Cox, who announced a new data center framework. 
His executive order is not just about the environment. 
Along with protecting water and air, it’s designed to support rural Utah’s economic growth, prevent rate hikes for utility customers and promote the governor’s pro-human approach to artificial intelligence. 
Cox acknowledges that “Utahns have expressed legitimate concerns regarding the potential impacts of large data centers on water resources, air quality, utility rates, local communities, and quality of life.” 
Opponents worry that the future data center and power plant, which could produce up to 9 gigawatts of energy at full capacity, would affect the area’s water supply, air quality, noise and natural landscape. 
Cox’s order also calls for transparency and “thorough opportunities for public comments.” 
When the Box Elder County Commission ultimately greenlit the project at a May 4 meeting, public comment wasn’t allowed. 
The commission said the time for public comment had passed, but many said they were unaware of the project at that time. 
Cox told reporters earlier in May that his office and the Legislature should be more involved in decisions around large data centers. 
“I seek to do better,” the governor said after softening his past criticism of data center opponents, and he recognized that the process by which the Box Elder project was announced was “not good.” 
In another move for transparency, the Utah Office of the State Auditor launched a new dashboard to show the finances and projects under the Military Installation Development Authority, the state entity backing the Box Elder project. 
The dashboard came after the auditor’s office received many requests about the agency. 
Read Gov. 
Spencer Cox’s executive order: 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 16.2%Macy Lipkin: 2.4%KUER: 2.8%Confirmation Bias16.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 2.0%KUER: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 4.1%Macy Lipkin: 4.3%KUER: 3.4%Availability Heuristic4.1%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.0%KUER: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.6%KUER: 1.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 28.6%Macy Lipkin: 5.8%KUER: 7.4%Framing Effect28.6%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.4%KUER: 1.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.2%KUER: 1.2%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.2%Macy Lipkin: 5.1%KUER: 4.4%Optimism Bias9.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 2.1%KUER: 2.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 34.9%Macy Lipkin: 5.6%KUER: 6.3%Negativity Bias34.9%This article: 10.8%Macy Lipkin: 1.6%KUER: 2.2%Self-Serving Bias10.8%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.8%KUER: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 20.6%Macy Lipkin: 1.2%KUER: 2.3%Halo Effect20.6%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 2.9%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Primacy Effect2.9%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 4.6%KUER: 4.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 1.5%KUER: 1.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.3%KUER: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 10.8%Macy Lipkin: 3.6%KUER: 4.1%Hasty Generalization10.8%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 9.2%Macy Lipkin: 4.6%KUER: 5.6%Appeal to Emotion9.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.6%KUER: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 10.2%Macy Lipkin: 2.2%KUER: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)10.2%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 7.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.4%KUER: 0.4%Burden of Proof7.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 3.9%KUER: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 24.4%Macy Lipkin: 1.7%KUER: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)24.4%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.0%KUER: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.1%KUER: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 13.3%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 0.8%Unattributed Quote13.3%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.8%KUER: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 44.8%Macy Lipkin: 1.4%KUER: 2.2%Biased Writer Voice44.8%This article: 7.3%Macy Lipkin: 0.9%KUER: 1.6%Indoctrination7.3%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.5%KUER: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.2%KUER: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Macy Lipkin: 0.7%KUER: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

315 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers51%attributed speech154writer words
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Writer's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageSpencer Cox • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 100.0% coverageSpencer Cox • 29 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 34 words • 0.0% coverageSpencer Cox • 12 words • 0.0% coverageBox Elder County Commission • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageSpencer Cox • 22 words • 0.0% coverageSpencer Cox • 34 words • 100.0% coverageUtah Office of the State Auditor • 36 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverage
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36 attributed words22% of attributed speech91% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+53.9 ptsWriter: 46.1%Utah Office of the State Auditor: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination-14.9 ptsWriter: 14.9%Utah Office of the State Auditor: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-8.4 ptsWriter: 8.4%Utah Office of the State Auditor: 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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