STAT⁠44%

Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it? ⁠76%

By Lizzy Lawrence⁠80%

6/23/2026, 1:30:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 65.6% saturation with 101 hits. Analysis detected 745 faulty-reasoning hits from 154 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 67.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠76% (5,444 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 75.10% of the article peer group.

WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans with obesity are eagerly awaiting a powerful new drug from Eli Lilly called retatrutide, which has demonstrated bariatric-surgery levels of weight loss. 
Some aren’t even waiting for approval from the Food and Drug Administration, instead racing to acquire it through sketchy means. 
But STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA have allowed one person to gain access to the drug through the FDA’s “compassionate use” program, a pathway that gives patients with serious and immediately life-threatening medical issues access to experimental treatments. 
This person was a 79-year-old man at the time the request was made in April, according to three sources familiar with the matter. 
Those sources, who requested anonymity due to fear of reprisals, said it drew the interest of top health officials, suggesting the person receiving this drug was well connected. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 18.2%Lizzy Lawrence: 6.7%STAT: 3.4%Confirmation Bias18.2%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 17.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 11.9%STAT: 3.9%Availability Heuristic17.5%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 34.4%Lizzy Lawrence: 31.0%STAT: 8.2%Framing Effect34.4%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.7%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 18.2%Lizzy Lawrence: 6.8%STAT: 0.9%Status Quo Bias18.2%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 17.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.7%STAT: 3.3%Optimism Bias17.5%This article: 13.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.0%STAT: 1.8%Pessimism Bias13.0%This article: 38.3%Lizzy Lawrence: 16.6%STAT: 8.5%Negativity Bias38.3%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.8%STAT: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.6%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 1.9%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.3%STAT: 0.4%Primacy Effect1.9%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 45.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 9.7%STAT: 4.7%Appeal to Authority45.5%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 1.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 48.7%Lizzy Lawrence: 13.4%STAT: 4.6%Hasty Generalization48.7%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 38.3%Lizzy Lawrence: 9.9%STAT: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion38.3%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.8%STAT: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 17.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.7%STAT: 3.3%Anecdotal17.5%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 45.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 12.8%STAT: 2.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)45.5%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.3%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 42.2%Lizzy Lawrence: 11.5%STAT: 1.5%Unattributed Quote42.2%This article: 1.9%Lizzy Lawrence: 2.6%STAT: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection1.9%This article: 65.6%Lizzy Lawrence: 32.1%STAT: 6.0%Biased Writer Voice65.6%This article: 1.9%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.3%STAT: 2.1%Indoctrination1.9%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Lizzy Lawrence: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 17.5%Lizzy Lawrence: 5.4%STAT: 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…17.5%

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