Topic summary
37%11 analyzed articles/videos17,758 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Pollution results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 7,866 hits. Analysis detected 50,269 faulty-reasoning hits from 72,741 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 4% (11,273 of 11,716 topics). This Pollution is better (less manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group.
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Pollution attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Pollution vs All Other Publications
Pollution attribute percentages, with an overlaid baseline for all publications (Overall) for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

Sewage Pollution Is Keeping Kids Out of the Water in This California Beach Town7%
Voice of San Diego29%By Deborah Brennan20% CalMatters35%7/13/2026, 9:46:58 PM
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk39%
ProPublica24%By Nick Bowlin0% Al Shaw0%6/30/2026, 10:00:00 AM
In the Atacama Desert, astronomers live and work in a James Bond villain lair16%
BBC Future0%By Richard Fisher0%6/11/2026, 8:59:56 AM
Air pollution could be affecting your brain power29%
The Independent63%By Julia Musto0%6/3/2026, 10:36:11 PM
When rockets go wrong – protecting the environment from catastrophe39%
BBC0%By Richard Hollingham0%5/29/2026, 9:49:00 PM
Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the darkest places on Earth. But now the light is intruding37%
BBC0%By Richard Fisher0%5/29/2026, 10:00:00 AM
The hidden dead zones spreading across the Baltic Sea floor32%
BBC0%By Mark Piesing0%5/26/2026, 9:04:14 AM
Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.42%
ProPublica24%By Nick Bowlin0% Katie Campbell0%5/18/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Every tire produces a chemical that kills coho salmon. Can scientists pump the brakes?8%
KUOW Public Radio69%By Stephen Howie0%4/10/2026, 2:04:26 PM
How bad smells affect your health45%
BBC0%By Chris Marshall0%4/4/2026, 8:21:18 AM