Keyword summary
42%96 analyzed articles/videos64,704 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Outbreak results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 18,182 hits. Analysis detected 145,362 faulty-reasoning hits from 267,868 analyzed words across 96 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (56,945 of 59,653 keywords). This Outbreak is better (less manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751004.5% percentile
1.0% BS Score96 analyzed articles267.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 2.5%2.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.6%3.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 1.2%1.2%

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: Keyword 3.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Indoctrination: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

What to know about cyclospora after second Washoe case announced15%
Reno Gazette Journal28%By Brett McGinness11%8/7/2026, 1:43:15 PM
Authorities Alarmed When Person With Measles Spends Entire Day Frolicking Around Universal Studios54%
Futurism93%By Victor Tangermann90%8/7/2026, 9:53:19 AM
Jalapeños at Chipotle and Qdoba tied to salmonella outbreak in Colorado18%
The Colorado Sun26%By John Ingold46%8/6/2026, 1:38:51 PM
West Nile virus outbreak declared in Pee Dee, most likely in Myrtle Beach10%
Post and Courier19%By Tom Corwin19%8/6/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Legionnaires' outbreak victims in Harlem sue NYC in wake of UES cluster4%
Gothamist87%By Joe Hong29%8/6/2026, 12:39:47 PM
Ohio Sees Second Week of ‘Significant’ Increases in Cyclosporiasis Cases38%
Cleveland Scene24%By Susan Tebben49% The Ohio Capital Journal15%8/6/2026, 5:56:40 AM
Anchori…6%Availab…12%Pessimi…7%Negativ…11%
Iceberg lettuce link to parasitic illness spreads to 15 states, officials say4%
Fortune75%By Mike Stobbe45% The Associated Press73%8/6/2026, 5:56:34 AM
WHO chief says Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as aid workers strike over pay37%
San Diego Union-Tribune42%By Associated Press74%8/5/2026, 7:48:08 AM
Jalapeños linked to salmonella outbreak41%
MinnPost36%By Steve McPherson55%8/5/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Nation's largest food distributor halts Mexican lettuce purchases after outbreak linked to two deaths16%
foxbusiness.com96%8/5/2026, 1:17:49 AM