Topic summary
46%248 analyzed articles/videos159,152 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Public Health results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 68,246 hits. Analysis detected 625,416 faulty-reasoning hits from 810,078 analyzed words across 247 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,471 of 15,330 topics). This Public Health is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751005.6% percentile
1.4% BS Score247 analyzed articles810.1K 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 5.9%5.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.4%8.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%

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 5.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Ebola outbreak with no vaccine spreading too fast to contain, doctors warn80%
The Independent44%By Holly Bishop94%7/23/2026, 1:04:29 PM
FDA is urged by advocacy group to ban DTC prescription drug ads58%
STAT42%By Ed Silverman60%7/23/2026, 1:00:00 PM
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
Industrial pollution linked to learning disabilities in New Orleans area85%
The Lens82%By Kanitra Caston0% MS76% CNP0%7/23/2026, 11:01:00 AM
Giant rats, bright green flies, putrid smells: Boyle Heights residents describe unbearable conditions41%
Los Angeles Times79%By Salvador Hernandez48%7/23/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Cases of the “explosive diarrhea” parasite increase in Colorado, but still no worry of an outbreak65%
The Colorado Sun5%By John Ingold27%7/23/2026, 9:51:00 AM
The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: July 16-2211%
The Austin Chronicle30%By The Austin Chronicle News Staff14%7/23/2026, 5:00:00 AM
New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak36%
STAT42%By Helen Branswell73%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Congo's Ebola Outbreak Is the Fastest-Growing Ever Recorded45%
Foreign Policy28%By Nosmot Gbadamosi55%7/22/2026, 7:51:13 PM
Colorado tests out medical marijuana on workers' comp29%
Denver Westword41%By Thomas Mitchell38%7/22/2026, 6:37:38 PM