404 Media⁠67%

“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting ⁠26%

By Matthew Gault⁠53%

7/29/2026, 10:42:19 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote and Quote-first Misdirection, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 60.4% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 70 faulty-reasoning hits from 53 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 30.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (23,607 of 31,900 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 74.00% of the article peer group.

Last Wednesday, Lux Claridge planned to speak out against a proposed 1,000 acre data center in their town of Emporia, Kansas. 
They left in handcuffs after a city commissioner ordered them arrested for clapping. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 3.1%404 Media: 3.4%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.6%404 Media: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.8%404 Media: 3.3%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.9%404 Media: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.4%404 Media: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.0%404 Media: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 60.4%Matthew Gault: 3.8%404 Media: 5.1%Framing Effect60.4%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.5%404 Media: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.3%404 Media: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.8%404 Media: 2.2%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.2%404 Media: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 10.0%404 Media: 9.5%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.8%404 Media: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.6%404 Media: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.1%404 Media: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 0.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.1%404 Media: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.5%404 Media: 0.9%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.1%404 Media: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.7%404 Media: 0.8%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.1%404 Media: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.5%404 Media: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 3.2%404 Media: 2.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.3%404 Media: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.5%404 Media: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 5.2%404 Media: 6.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.3%404 Media: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.9%404 Media: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 3.7%404 Media: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.7%404 Media: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.4%404 Media: 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.1%404 Media: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.3%404 Media: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 2.3%404 Media: 2.6%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 1.3%404 Media: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.4%404 Media: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.3%404 Media: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 35.8%Matthew Gault: 3.7%404 Media: 2.6%Unattributed Quote35.8%This article: 35.8%Matthew Gault: 1.3%404 Media: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection35.8%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 7.8%404 Media: 9.0%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.4%404 Media: 1.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.5%404 Media: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.0%404 Media: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Matthew Gault: 0.2%404 Media: 2.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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