Topic summary
58%91 analyzed articles/videos69,188 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Data Centers 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 8.7% saturation with 29,166 hits. Analysis detected 290,015 faulty-reasoning hits from 335,742 analyzed words across 91 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (13,876 of 15,400 topics). This Data Centers is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.9% percentile
1.6% BS Score91 analyzed articles335.7K 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 8.7%8.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 8.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left37%
The Verge55%By Gaby Del Valle37%7/23/2026, 12:00:00 PM
142 AI data center protests staged in 42 states as public opposition increases — organizers brand 'unaccountable' buildouts as an 'unacceptable infringement on our liberty'88%
Tom's Hardware47%By Jowi Morales76%7/23/2026, 11:41:41 AM
The Data Center Protests Looked Typical. They Were Anything But.73%
The New Republic71%By Virginia Heffernan90%7/23/2026, 10:00:00 AM
OpenAI secures 3.2GW for $30B Georgia data center in major US infrastructure push70%
Interesting Engineering61%By Aamir Khollam41%7/22/2026, 10:01:48 PM
As Data Centers Sidestep Tribal Consultations, Tribal Nations Are Fighting Back44%
Truthout74%By Petala Ironcloud34%7/22/2026, 8:13:55 PM
How we reported the story about emissions from data center generators6%
OPB3%By April Ehrlich20%7/22/2026, 1:00:01 PM
The public demanded data center news, and Wisconsin Watch is delivering65%
Wisconsin Watch5%By Tom Kertscher83% Wisconsin Watch11%7/22/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Meta to use custom AMD Instinct MI400 accelerators with 144GB of HBM4 for select workloads, report claims — could dramatically reduce cost at the expense of versatility59%
Tom's Hardware47%By Anton Shilov52%7/22/2026, 11:36:15 AM
The past — and future — of Northern Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley’17%
WAMU15%By Alison Brody5%7/21/2026, 5:39:06 PM
El Paso adopts tougher rules for future data center developments19%
El Paso Matters14%By Diego Mendoza-Moyers0%7/20/2026, 10:44:00 PM