Publication summary
43%75 analyzed articles/videos23,799 analyzed words
BS Summary: These STAT 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 8.4% saturation with 11,811 hits. Analysis detected 116,283 faulty-reasoning hits from 140,467 analyzed words across 75 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 32% (260 of 379 publications). This STAT is better (less manipulative) than 68.50% of the peer group.
STAT
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%FactCheck.org1%
1%@politifact1%
2%Berkeleyside1%
32%STAT (selected)2%
99%Utah Hockey Club13%
100%MS NOW Insights Community23%
100%MS NOW Live Events26%
100%www.globalsecurity.org30%
100%NBC 6 South Florida33%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

32% percentile
025507510031.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score75 analyzed articles140.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 8.2%8.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.6%3.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 8.4%8.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.7%4.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Publication 1.3%1.3%

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: Publication 8.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 8.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

FDA is urged by advocacy group to ban DTC prescription drug ads58%
STAT43%By Ed Silverman60%7/23/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Expect a clash at today’s FDA peptide panel31%
STAT43%By Theresa Gaffney39%7/23/2026, 11:34:25 AM
What is a ‘world model’? Nabla’s Alex LeBrun explains63%
STAT43%By Brittany Trang82%7/22/2026, 9:22:07 PM
New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak36%
STAT43%By Helen Branswell73%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 PM
Job dissatisfaction and health care access uncertainty grows in the U.S., new study finds64%
STAT43%By Theresa Gaffney39%7/22/2026, 11:52:58 AM
‘Cochlear implant for blindness’ debuts in Europe, could launch in U.S. in 202769%
STAT43%By O. Rose Broderick41%7/22/2026, 10:00:00 AM
Trump administration says it’s deferring $1B in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota62%
STAT43%By Associated Press60%7/21/2026, 8:10:43 PM
HIV/AIDS advocates fear federal funding cuts will undermine prevention94%
STAT43%By Chelsea Cirruzzo81%7/21/2026, 2:24:32 PM
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Novo suing Lilly over ‘deceptive’ ads, a fugitive’s secret life in biotech, and more60%
STAT43%By Ed Silverman60%7/21/2026, 1:08:39 PM
Nabla’s new CEO on plan to gain market share in a competitive AI scribe environment74%
STAT43%By Brittany Trang82%7/21/2026, 12:00:00 PM