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Trump Reflecting Pool contractor used toxic liner with 'long lasting effects': report ⁠73%

By Bennito L. Kelty⁠84%

6/30/2026, 9:33:21 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 51.9% saturation with 136 hits. Analysis detected 966 faulty-reasoning hits from 262 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 65.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (5,946 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 72.80% of the article peer group.

The Reflecting Pool is lined with a toxic epoxy that will have "long-lasting effects," according to a new report. 
The MeidasTouch News found safety data sheets that revealed the Reflecting Pool is lined with a material that is "toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects." 
The lining was put in as part of Trump's $14 million renovations. 
Multiple dead ducks have been found in the Reflecting Pool since the renovations were completed, leading to calls for investigations and the enforcement of federal environmental protections, according to a report by the Center for Biological Diversity. 
According to MeidasTouch News, the RHINO 405 was seen in a large barrel at the Reflecting Pool, and is considered "a thixotropic high viscosity epoxy resin." 
The resin was used as part of the multi-layer coating for the Reflecting Pool, MeidasTouch added. 
PatriotTakes, a social media account and right-wing extremism watchdog, noted that an OSHA Safety Data Sheet marked the material as "toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects" and an irritant that can cause allergic skin reactions. 
MeidasTouch noted a response from Rhino Linings, the company that makes the material. 
According to MeidasTouch, the company noted that the issue is limited to "localized finish-coat separation," and that no public evidence has established a link between the liner and the death of wildlife. 
Trump gave a $7 million no-bid contract to his pool guy to renovate the Reflecting Pool. 
The contractor was ironically named Greenwater Services, which is led by Republican donor John J. 
Carafo. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 36.3%Bennito L. Kelty: 12.0%Rawstory: 8.4%Confirmation Bias36.3%This article: 10.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 0.8%Anchoring Bias10.7%This article: 12.2%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.5%Rawstory: 4.5%Availability Heuristic12.2%This article: 9.9%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic9.9%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.2%Rawstory: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 6.1%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.5%Rawstory: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias6.1%This article: 24.8%Bennito L. Kelty: 11.4%Rawstory: 13.4%Framing Effect24.8%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.2%Rawstory: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.3%Rawstory: 0.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.7%Rawstory: 2.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 51.9%Bennito L. Kelty: 18.4%Rawstory: 21.6%Negativity Bias51.9%This article: 12.2%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.5%Rawstory: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias12.2%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.6%Rawstory: 2.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 2.5%In-Group Bias5.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 1.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.1%Rawstory: 0.6%Halo Effect5.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.8%Rawstory: 0.9%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.7%Rawstory: 1.8%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 0.7%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.6%Rawstory: 6.3%Ad Hominem5.7%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.2%Rawstory: 0.7%Straw Man0.0%This article: 41.2%Bennito L. Kelty: 4.9%Rawstory: 4.1%Appeal to Authority41.2%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.6%Rawstory: 3.0%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.1%Rawstory: 1.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.9%Rawstory: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 16.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 6.9%Rawstory: 12.1%Hasty Generalization16.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.5%Rawstory: 0.7%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 4.6%Bennito L. Kelty: 7.5%Rawstory: 9.2%Appeal to Emotion4.6%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.7%Rawstory: 1.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 20.2%Bennito L. Kelty: 9.3%Rawstory: 3.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)20.2%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.6%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 18.3%Bennito L. Kelty: 2.4%Rawstory: 1.7%Burden of Proof18.3%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.5%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.5%Rawstory: 3.9%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.3%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 21.4%Bennito L. Kelty: 3.0%Rawstory: 2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)21.4%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.0%Rawstory: 0.4%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 29.4%Bennito L. Kelty: 8.9%Rawstory: 5.3%Unattributed Quote29.4%This article: 11.8%Bennito L. Kelty: 4.3%Rawstory: 4.1%Quote-first Misdirection11.8%This article: 24.4%Bennito L. Kelty: 9.5%Rawstory: 15.7%Biased Writer Voice24.4%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.1%Rawstory: 3.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 7.6%Rawstory: 8.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 0.9%Rawstory: 1.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bennito L. Kelty: 1.3%Rawstory: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

262 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers71%attributed speech75writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageMeidasTouch News • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageCenter for Biological Diversity • 37 words • 0.0% coverageMeidasTouch News • 26 words • 100.0% coverageMeidasTouch • 16 words • 0.0% coveragePatriotTakes • 37 words • 100.0% coverageMeidasTouch • 13 words • 0.0% coverageMeidasTouch • 32 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

PatriotTakes

100%flagged-word coverage
37 attributed words20% of attributed speech99% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+64.0 ptsWriter: 36.0%PatriotTakes: 100.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection-41.3 ptsWriter: 41.3%PatriotTakes: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-25.3 ptsWriter: 25.3%PatriotTakes: 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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