Topic summary
34%14 analyzed articles/videos5,120 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Law results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 4,466 hits. Analysis detected 37,783 faulty-reasoning hits from 40,386 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,987 of 16,559 topics). This Environmental Law is better (less manipulative) than 84.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.5% percentile
1.8% BS Score14 analyzed articles40.4K 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 8.6%8.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.3%2.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%

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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Loss Av…11%Appeal …2%
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South American trade bloc’s top court takes up unprecedented Peru illegal mining case13%
WTOP32%By WTOP Staff29%7/23/2026, 12:41:16 AM
South American trade bloc's top court takes up unprecedented Peru illegal mining case23%
Newsday55%By The Associated Press63%7/23/2026, 12:40:05 AM
South American trade bloc's top court takes up unprecedented Peru illegal mining case15%
The Independent45%By Steven Grattan13%7/23/2026, 12:39:44 AM
Court Decision to Allow Nuclear Regulator to Ignore Climate Impacts on Future Reactor Operations Does Not Serve Public Safety91%
Common Dreams96%By Newswire Editor94%7/21/2026, 10:07:05 PM
High-Profile Report Linking Extreme Weather to Human-Caused Climate Change Lists Lawyer Suing Oil Companies, Researchers Paid by Anti-Oil Lawsuit Funders in Acknowledgments78%
Washington Free Beacon87%By Thomas Catenacci83%7/21/2026, 3:50:59 PM
Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments68%
Grist28%By Wyatt Myskow0% Inside Climate News48%7/19/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Sacramento Report: One Coastal Commissioner’s Take on the Agency, a Year Later43%
Voice of San Diego24%By Nadia Lathan38%7/17/2026, 10:30:00 PM