Topic summary

⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos2,795 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Plastics results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 25.7% saturation with 1,900 hits. Analysis detected 5,793 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,402 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (6,952 of 13,019 topics). This Plastics is better (less manipulative) than 53.40% of the peer group.

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Topic ranking list

Percentile	Topic	BS Score
⁠0%	Holocaust	1%
⁠0%	Self-Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Self Driving Cars	1%
⁠0%	Oakland Culture	1%
⁠0%	Dive Bars	1%
⁠47%	Plastics (selected)	3%
⁠100%	Radio Roundup / Week In Review	60%
⁠100%	E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	E Bikes Rad Power Bikes	60%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell	69%
⁠100%	The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell	69%

Topic details

Total words: 7,402

Article count: 2

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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)

Plastics attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.

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Plastics vs sitewide

Plastics attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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Utah and 16 other states challenge California’s strict plastics recycling law⁠^34%

KUER⁠^0%By Associated Press⁠^66%6/23/2026, 3:59:47 PM

Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here's how to eat less of them⁠^63%

BBC⁠^0%By Ally Hirschlag⁠^0% Martha Henriques⁠^0%9/22/2025, 10:03:00 AM