Topic summary
49%10 analyzed articles/videos7,556 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cdc results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.8% saturation with 4,145 hits. Analysis detected 18,941 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,294 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 11% (21,163 of 23,589 topics). This Cdc is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.3% percentile
1.2% BS Score10 analyzed articles32.3K 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 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.8%12.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

A third clinic settles with DOJ over trans care11%
STAT61%By O. Rose Broderick47%8/7/2026, 5:16:46 AM
15 states now linked to iceberg lettuce cyclospora outbreak, CDC says3%
WRAL.com29%By MIKE STOBBE — AP Medical Writer0%8/5/2026, 2:13:13 PM
Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency30%
AP News72%By MIKE STOBBE45%8/5/2026, 12:05:14 PM
String of outbreaks tests US public health system amid funding cuts, vaccine resistance41%
Daily Montanan34%By Jennifer Shutt58%7/30/2026, 10:03:38 AM
Key Senate panel backs Trump’s picks for CDC, pandemic preparedness55%
STAT61%By Chelsea Cirruzzo83%7/30/2026, 7:17:10 AM
A new, separate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite14%
STAT61%By O. Rose Broderick47%7/24/2026, 4:59:27 AM
Cyclospora outbreak tests RFK Jr.'s promise to overhaul food system, rebuild trust in CDC30%
CNBC67%By Angelica Peebles37%7/23/2026, 5:32:10 AM
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year48%
WIRED39%By Emily Mullin52%7/17/2026, 2:15:00 AM
At key hearing, Kennedy’s ouster of former CDC director looms over nominee to replace her83%
STAT61%By Chelsea Cirruzzo83%7/15/2026, 1:26:04 PM
CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz faced questions in Senate hearing39%
KRCU Public Radio58%By Pien Huang50%7/15/2026, 2:00:00 AM