{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "affair",
  "title": "Affair",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/affair/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/affair.json",
  "summary": "Public interest in personal-scandal stories involving public figures (celebrity/athlete legal and criminal cases)",
  "why_now": "Multiple legal and entertainment outlets published stories about alleged affairs and court outcomes in a short window, producing a clustered spike for the generic term.",
  "evidence_summary": "- Coverage includes former NASCAR driver ordered to pay after alleged affair (FOX 13, People) and a criminal case tied to an affair (The Guardian). - Stories are celebrity- and personality-driven rather than policy or technical topics. - Why_this_is_trending explicitly cites clustered media reports about affairs leading to legal outcomes.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Entertainment / Celebrity Attention",
  "collected_at": "Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:20:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Entertainment / Celebrity Attention",
  "score": 70.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Former NASCAR driver ordered to pay $850K to man’s ex-wife after their alleged affair - FOX 13 Tampa Bay"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Former NASCAR driver ordered to pay $850K to man’s ex-wife after their alleged affair - FOX 13 Tampa Bay",
      "source": "FOX 13 Tampa Bay",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOeV9FMDF6WTVZTVhyOHg0b29GTDUzbTlnTUVWeXRtb3AyOEZudUNmNFd0ZnF1RDlsb3Njam5Hd3J2NXRET3ZmRThxMjRUbEVtRTFkQzB6a19vazJiOWZTa3RPUm04RU9scUVSeXJhdkVWeDNRMlEyX3FMLUtCb1pTeFRWU080aFhPSWlaRGlrUFZJc0ZvdHBUSTR6d215dFpGZUQ5Xw?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202610010704_signal_Quality-2-affair",
    "batch_id": "202610010704",
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      "Kurzweil": "202610010659_signal_Kurzweil.txt",
      "Jobs": "202610010657_signal_Jobs.txt",
      "Buffett": "202610010655_signal_Buffett.txt",
      "Bezos": "202610010655_signal_Bezos.txt"
    }
  }
}