Speaker summary
⁠43%78 analyzed articles/videos3,239.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Centers for Disease Control and Prevention results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Negativity Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11.1% saturation with 358.654 hits. Analysis detected 2,796.401 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,239.333 analyzed words across 78 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (25,986 of 26,053 speakers). This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is better (less manipulative) than 99.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

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2.2% BS Score78 analyzed videos3.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.7%6.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 0.7%0.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 0.8%0.8%

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: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Speaker 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Cyclospora outbreak tests RFK Jr.'s promise to overhaul food system, rebuild trust in CDC⁠36%
CNBC⁠56%By Angelica Peebles⁠52%7/23/2026, 12:32:10 PM
What experts are saying as Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda kills more than 1,000⁠44%
ABC News⁠18%By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press⁠76%7/23/2026, 11:52:00 AM
Is it safe to eat lettuce? Upper Valley experts answer key questions on cyclosporiasis outbreak⁠20%
VTDigger⁠19%By Valley News⁠9%7/22/2026, 10:26:14 PM
As parasite spawned chaos, Monterey County-based Taylor Farms slow-walked its response⁠31%
The Mercury News⁠19%By Bloomberg⁠73%7/22/2026, 12:42:37 PM
Cyclosporiasis cases in the US hit record high⁠55%
The Boston Globe⁠25%By Alice Callahan⁠86% Caroline Hopkins Legaspi⁠86%7/22/2026, 12:24:41 PM
Opinion: What the wildfire smoke is telling us⁠66%
CT Mirror⁠17%By Mike Urgo⁠0%7/22/2026, 4:02:00 AM
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms⁠17%
Ars Technica⁠20%By Beth Mole⁠31%7/21/2026, 7:39:10 PM
FDA links Taylor Farms to cyclospora outbreak despite false positive⁠29%
MS NOW⁠94%By Erum Salam⁠75%7/20/2026, 11:56:01 PM
4 facts to stay informed during a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City⁠24%
PolitiFact⁠4%By Madison Czopek⁠14%7/20/2026, 9:04:06 PM
Second death reported in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City⁠44%
WDIV⁠45%By Associated Press⁠60%7/19/2026, 4:08:10 PM