Speaker summary
59%38 analyzed articles/videos2,806.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Taylor Farms results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 625.59 hits. Analysis detected 3,658.312 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,806.5 analyzed words across 38 articles and videos, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of 1% (26,651 of 26,837 speakers). This Taylor Farms is better (less manipulative) than 99.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

1% percentile
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3.0% BS Score38 analyzed videos2.8K 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 5.6%5.6%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 22.3%22.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 3.2%3.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 2.0%2.0%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.9%2.9%

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 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 22.3%, sitewide 3.7%Negativity Bias: Speaker 3.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 14.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 3.8%, sitewide 0.8%Special Pleading: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 0.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Red Herring: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Taco Bell dropped the price on one of its menu items to $1 for a day. And yes, it was lettuce-free.45%
Business Insider15%By Kashmira Gander83%7/23/2026, 11:36:30 PM
FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified50%
Ars Technica21%By Beth Mole29%7/23/2026, 7:22:36 PM
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite6%
STAT43%By Associated Press60%7/23/2026, 5:25:03 PM
As parasite spawned chaos, Monterey County-based Taylor Farms slow-walked its response31%
The Mercury News21%By Bloomberg74%7/22/2026, 12:42:37 PM
Do Taylor Farms field workers get bathroom breaks? Claim spreads among cyclosporiasis outbreak15%
Snopes.com6%By Rae Deng14%7/22/2026, 12:35:05 PM
Cyclosporiasis cases in the US hit record high56%
The Boston Globe26%By Alice Callahan86% Caroline Hopkins Legaspi86%7/22/2026, 12:24:41 PM
RFK Jr. says cyclospora outbreak is "under control"62%
CBS News97%7/21/2026, 11:26:50 PM
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms17%
Ars Technica21%By Beth Mole29%7/21/2026, 7:39:10 PM
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak60%
WIRED14%By Kate Taylor30%7/21/2026, 7:10:35 PM
Making sense of claims about Taylor Farms, CEO's Trump donations and meetings12%
Snopes.com6%By Jack Izzo7%7/21/2026, 3:58:15 PM