Publication summary
44%82 analyzed articles/videos27,788 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 8.5% saturation with 12,981 hits. Analysis detected 126,131 faulty-reasoning hits from 152,830 analyzed words across 82 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 34% (273 of 410 publications). This STAT is better (less manipulative) than 66.50% of the peer group.
STAT
Publication ranking list
PercentilePublicationBS Score
0%WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta1%
1%Brookings1%
1%Capital B News1%
1%Spotlight Delaware1%
1%The Banner1%
34%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

34% percentile
025507510033.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score82 analyzed articles152.8K 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 8.5%8.5%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 1.3%1.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 3.4%3.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.6%4.6%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 8.5%, 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 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 6.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

I led the FDA’s food safety and nutrition center. Here’s what people are missing about the cyclospora outbreak74%
STAT44%By Susan Mayne91%7/24/2026, 7:54:09 PM
There are already more U.S. measles cases this year than in all of 202537%
STAT44%By Associated Press60%7/24/2026, 4:13:00 PM
A new, separate outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite14%
STAT44%By O. Rose Broderick26%7/24/2026, 11:59:27 AM
Merck strikes voluntary licensing deals in poor countries for an experimental HIV prevention pill81%
STAT44%By Ed Silverman62%7/24/2026, 10:45:00 AM
In win for RFK Jr., FDA advisory panel narrowly votes to allow compounding of unapproved peptides77%
STAT44%By Sarah Todd0% Lizzy Lawrence80%7/23/2026, 8:08:56 PM
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite6%
STAT44%By Associated Press60%7/23/2026, 5:25:03 PM
FDA is urged by advocacy group to ban DTC prescription drug ads59%
STAT44%By Ed Silverman62%7/23/2026, 1:00:00 PM
Expect a clash at today’s FDA peptide panel32%
STAT44%By Theresa Gaffney35%7/23/2026, 11:34:25 AM
What is a ‘world model’? Nabla’s Alex LeBrun explains64%
STAT44%By Brittany Trang82%7/22/2026, 9:22:07 PM
New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak37%
STAT44%By Helen Branswell74%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 PM