Topic summary
40%15 analyzed articles/videos5,646 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Protection results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 3,730 hits. Analysis detected 31,860 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,200 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,907 of 15,613 topics). This Environmental Protection is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510010.9% percentile
1.6% BS Score15 analyzed articles39.2K 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 6.0%6.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.5%9.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 6.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Courthouse News Service29%By Edvard Pettersson0%7/23/2026, 12:16:28 AM
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Truthout76%By Kyle Davidson83%7/16/2026, 8:54:41 PM
You should see what we’re doing to immigrants80%
Daily Kos85%By David Horsey92%7/15/2026, 11:59:00 PM
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The Boston Globe26%By Audrey Tomlin44%7/15/2026, 12:33:55 PM
Trump rule says habitat destruction does not harm endangered species92%
The Washington Post92%By Jake Spring0%7/10/2026, 9:32:12 PM
Utah’s specialty license plates are getting a fancy, full-color makeover10%
KUER0%By Macy Lipkin0%6/30/2026, 11:00:00 PM
Protests Over Kushner-Backed Development Threaten to Topple Albanian Government48%
Truthout76%By C.J. Polychroniou61%6/27/2026, 11:10:56 PM
Everglades Advocates Respond to Press Conference With DeSantis, Federal Officials at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’43%
Common Dreams96%By Newswire editor95%6/25/2026, 8:30:28 PM
Washington’s historic High Rock Lookout ransacked by vandals82%
KUOW72%By Ian McCluskey0%6/16/2026, 8:47:48 PM
Tribes breathe a sigh of relief as push to change Utah national monument rules stalls45%
KUER0%By David Condos0%6/16/2026, 8:00:00 AM