Topic summary
64%28 analyzed articles/videos31,370 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Impact results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 14,497 hits. Analysis detected 116,336 faulty-reasoning hits from 142,617 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,107 of 15,261 topics). This Environmental Impact is better (less manipulative) than 92.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score28 analyzed articles142.6K 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 6.1%6.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.2%2.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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 6.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Detroit Evening Report: How wildfire smoke choked the Michigan economy42%
WDET 101.9 FM23%By Hernz Laguerre36%7/22/2026, 8:37:53 PM
The Metro: Every tribe in Michigan opposes this pipeline. Michigan approved it anyway43%
WDET 101.9 FM23%By Robyn Vincent0%7/22/2026, 8:03:33 PM
Why data centers pose an outsized threat to Eastern Oregon’s air quality14%
OPB4%By April Ehrlich20%7/22/2026, 1:00:01 PM
The past — and future — of Northern Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley’17%
WAMU15%By Alison Brody5%7/21/2026, 5:39:06 PM
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a very expensive collision!22%
CT Mirror17%By Calista Oetama25%7/21/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Nashville’s data center ordinance lost a key environmental safeguard. What you need to know76%
WPLN News12%By Caroline Eggers53%7/20/2026, 9:05:42 PM
Anti-AI data center protesters rally across the US29%
Business Insider13%By Lauren Edmonds10%7/18/2026, 8:31:37 PM
Meta's New Mexico data center uses millions of gallons of water. Did it 'drain' the Rio Grande?20%
Snopes.com5%By Aleksandra Wrona10%7/18/2026, 4:00:08 PM
New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium19%
Grist29%By Alex Brown28% Stateline26%7/18/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Geologists May Have Found One of the World’s Greatest Treasures. Some Say It’s Too Dangerous to Dig Up.94%
Popular Mechanics34%By Darren Orf34%7/17/2026, 6:28:57 PM