BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Pessimism Bias, and Recency Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 41.2% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 414 faulty-reasoning hits from 153 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60.7% and a BS Rank of 67% (5,698 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 66.10% of the article peer group.
Some observers may have balked when President Trump posted on social media earlier this year promising to “MAKE ‘THE LAKE’ GREAT AGAIN.”
He backed it up in his budget proposal to Congress, requesting a billion dollars to ensure Great Salt Lake’s long-term sustainability.
The challenge, says BYU ecologist Ben Abbott, will be turning that money into water that can actually help fill the lake.
Abbott and biologist Bonnie Baxter join us to talk about how the lake is doing and where it’s headed after a dry winter, a warm spring, and an active legislative session.
GUESTS
Ben Abbott is an assistant professor of ecosystem ecology at Brigham Young University and executive director of Grow the Flow, an non-profit advocacy group.
Bonnie Baxter is a professor of biology at Westminster College and director of the Great Salt Lake Institute.
Broadcast April 16, 2026
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