Topic summary
62%17 analyzed articles/videos12,085 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Regulation results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 5,035 hits. Analysis detected 47,041 faulty-reasoning hits from 56,958 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,731 of 16,559 topics). This Environmental Regulation is better (less manipulative) than 89.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score17 analyzed articles57K 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 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%

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 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

California's War on Goats Could Worsen the Wildfire Crisis84%
Reason.com41%By C. Jarrett Dieterle0% Shawn Regan97%7/25/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Trump’s EPA Wants Fewer People Asking Questions About Data Center Pollution45%
Mother Jones51%By Molly Taft26%7/24/2026, 8:16:42 PM
If local residents don't want data centers, don't build them here60%
Journal Sentinel62%By Mandela Barnes0%7/24/2026, 12:46:18 PM
Craciun: What Garden Grove Revealed About the Pollution We Don’t See57%
Voice of OC75%By Ayn Craciun77%7/24/2026, 1:18:33 AM
Trump Administration Declares Toxic Sewer Sludge Not a Threat to Public Health89%
Futurism88%By Joe Wilkins84%7/23/2026, 4:52:00 PM
El Paso adopts tougher rules for future data center developments19%
El Paso Matters4%By Diego Mendoza-Moyers4%7/20/2026, 10:44:00 PM
Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition49%
Grist28%By Vivian La34%7/17/2026, 8:30:00 AM
What DC BLOX’s murky plans in Nashville signal for electricity costs, environmental impacts28%
WPLN News12%By Caroline Eggers44%7/16/2026, 10:26:20 PM
New York Issues US’s First Statewide Moratorium on New Hyperscale Data Centers25%
Truthout74%By Amy Green33% Dan Gearino25% Ajani Stella25%7/15/2026, 8:41:03 PM
Minnesota DNR opens comment period on controversial nickel mine near pristine waters. Here’s how to weigh in.12%
Sahan Journal10%By Andrew Hazzard7%7/15/2026, 11:00:00 AM