Topic summary
89%12 analyzed articles/videos8,377 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vaccines 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 10.8% saturation with 4,299 hits. Analysis detected 33,289 faulty-reasoning hits from 39,764 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 20% (17,462 of 21,651 topics). This Vaccines is better (less manipulative) than 80.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score12 analyzed articles39.8K 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 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.8%10.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Availab…2%Negativ…1%Quote-f…2%
CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccines are 'largest carcinogenic exposure in history'1%
Snopes.com22%By Anna Rascouët-Paz22%8/3/2026, 9:34:47 AM
20 alleged RFK Jr. quotes we've investigated42%
Snopes.com22%By Taija PerryCook21%8/2/2026, 11:00:08 AM
Expect a clash at today’s FDA peptide panel22%
STAT64%By Theresa Gaffney46%7/23/2026, 4:34:25 AM
New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak48%
STAT64%By Helen Branswell51%7/22/2026, 2:00:00 PM
Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing45%
Ars Technica42%By Beth Mole43%7/16/2026, 3:33:24 PM
At key hearing, Kennedy’s ouster of former CDC director looms over nominee to replace her81%
STAT64%By Chelsea Cirruzzo82%7/15/2026, 1:26:04 PM
FDA CBER, ACA subsidy fallout, cyclosporiasis: Morning Rounds35%
STAT64%By Theresa Gaffney46%7/15/2026, 4:58:15 AM
Would Missouri hunters take a Lyme disease vaccine? We asked them42%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR74%By Bram Sable-Smith70%7/5/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Casos de sarampión en Utah bajan, pero la amenaza sigue, dice experto39%
KUER83%By Martha Harris70%5/30/2026, 9:54:16 AM
Before her nomination, Trump’s surgeon general pick called out RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine work15%
MS NOW97%By Brandy Zadrozny0%5/1/2026, 2:21:52 PM