Speaker summary
41%10 analyzed articles/videos345 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Michigan Department of Health and Human Services results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Anchoring Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 28.4% saturation with 154 hits. Analysis detected 585.186 faulty-reasoning hits from 345 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,888 of 28,364 speakers). This Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is better (less manipulative) than 91.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.7% percentile
8.7% BS Score10 analyzed videos345 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 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 28.4%28.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 13.9%13.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 14.4%14.4%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Speaker 6.5%6.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Speaker 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.0%4.0%

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%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 28.4%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 13.9%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 11.1%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 7.0%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 6.5%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Salad shy? Avoid these foods during this cyclosporiasis outbreak57%
Salon76%By Joy Saha38%7/20/2026, 8:52:34 AM
What to know about cyclosporiasis31%
Wisconsin Watch4%By Valeria Ricciulli48% Public Good News48%7/19/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell46%
Yahoo News39%By Faris Tanyos23%7/17/2026, 5:43:06 PM
CDC links cyclospora outbreak to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce from Mexico37%
Houston Chronicle16%By Catherine Dominguez21%7/17/2026, 7:17:55 AM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Latest as officials seek source, cases rise29%
Yahoo News39%By Sara Moniuszko39% USA TODAY13%7/15/2026, 7:19:05 AM
Nearly 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis confirmed or under investigation nationwide, CDC says12%
NBC News35%By Erika Edwards12%7/14/2026, 3:38:24 PM
Taco Bell now under investigation over outbreak of parasite that causes ‘explosive diarrhea,’ report says25%
The Independent68%By Brendan Rascius75%7/14/2026, 6:01:06 AM
Michigan's explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite jumps to over 139%
Ars Technica23%By Beth Mole30%7/9/2026, 2:56:44 PM
Michigan sees explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite with over 700 cases23%
Ars Technica23%By Beth Mole30%7/7/2026, 3:29:00 PM
Lettuce may be behind cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened nearly 7,000 Americans. Should I be worried?24%
Yahoo Health39%By Kate Murphy14% Jack Brewster29%7/7/2026, 10:04:36 AM