Speaker summary
⁠49%14 analyzed articles/videos300.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Department of Health and Human Services results contain 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 21.9% saturation with 114 hits. Analysis detected 458.09 faulty-reasoning hits from 300.667 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠15% (24,279 of 28,364 speakers). This Department of Health and Human Services is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

14% percentile
025507510014.4% percentile
11.3% BS Score14 analyzed videos300.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 28.1%28.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 12.9%12.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.7%19.7%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 7.5%7.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 21.9%21.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Speaker 5.6%5.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 7.5%7.5%

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%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 28.1%, sitewide 0.0%Framing Effect: Speaker 21.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.7%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 12.9%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%Tu Quoque: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 5.6%, sitewide 2.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Carney vetoes water shutoff bill, approves housing bills⁠25%
Spotlight Delaware⁠2%By Brianna Hill⁠38%7/24/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Hundreds of Thousands Could Lose Home Care as Federal Government Freezes $867.5 Million in California Medicaid Payments⁠29%
Medical Daily⁠42%By Joseph James⁠37%7/22/2026, 12:00:18 PM
Trump admin halts $800M in Medicaid payments to California. What’s next?⁠18%
Yahoo News⁠39%By Paris Barraza⁠21% USA TODAY⁠13%7/21/2026, 2:57:04 PM
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms⁠18%
Ars Technica⁠23%By Beth Mole⁠30%7/21/2026, 12:39:10 PM
HHS vaccine committee quietly gets new charter⁠69%
STAT⁠44%By Theresa Gaffney⁠35% Helen Branswell⁠74% Andrew Joseph⁠67%7/20/2026, 6:01:07 AM
Health Insurers Walk Back on Pledge to Improve Denials Process⁠40%
Truthout⁠74%By Lauren Sausser⁠28% Renuka Rayasam⁠0%7/18/2026, 9:15:34 AM
Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process⁠41%
KFF Health News⁠23%By Lauren Sausser⁠28%7/17/2026, 2:00:00 AM
10 Processed Foods That Taste Awesome But Will Probably Kill You — Or At Least Make You Super Fat⁠35%
The Daily Caller⁠68%By Faith Miller⁠0%7/8/2026, 3:47:59 PM
Me, Myself, and IUDs⁠47%
Mother Jones⁠51%By Julia Lurie⁠0%7/8/2026, 4:30:00 AM
Lettuce may be behind cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened nearly 7,000 Americans. Should I be worried?⁠24%
Yahoo Health⁠39%By Kate Murphy⁠14% Jack Brewster⁠29%7/7/2026, 10:04:36 AM
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