Topic summary
31%10 analyzed articles/videos7,409 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Foodborne Illnesses results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 3,380 hits. Analysis detected 27,659 faulty-reasoning hits from 36,810 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 9% (15,096 of 16,562 topics). This Foodborne Illnesses is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

9% percentile
02550751008.9% percentile
1.5% BS Score10 analyzed articles36.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.2%9.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Los Angeles Times78%By Karen Garcia60%7/15/2026, 2:22:53 PM
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El Paso Matters4%By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert18%7/15/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Latest as officials seek source, cases rise29%
Yahoo News39%By Sara Moniuszko39% USA TODAY13%7/15/2026, 7:19:05 AM
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