Speaker summary
27%16 analyzed articles/videos64.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These St. Louis Public Radio results contain 6 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Burden of Proof, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 12 hits. Analysis detected 61 faulty-reasoning hits from 64.333 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.9% and a BS Rank of 6% (26,847 of 28,364 speakers). This St. Louis Public Radio is better (less manipulative) than 94.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751005.3% percentile
6.9% BS Score16 analyzed videos64.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 7.4%7.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 5.4%5.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 8.1%8.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 8.1%8.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 5.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 0.4%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.4%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

In Missouri's flash floods, 2 rescuers lost their boat. It didn't stop them54%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Emily Woodbury44%7/21/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Missouri reports 216 cyclospora cases, a fivefold jump in one week51%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Brian Heffernan72%7/20/2026, 1:37:37 PM
Missouri cyclospora cases go up as outbreak linked to alleged supplier from St. Louis E. coli scare45%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By St. Louis Public Radio23%7/18/2026, 6:53:36 PM
Record rain led to Missouri flash flooding. Climate change could bring more deadly storms34%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Kate Grumke53%7/16/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Missouri reports 43 cases of parasitic infection that's sickened thousands nationwide22%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Sarah Fentem57%7/15/2026, 8:52:41 PM
Missouri governor signs 'born alive' abortion bill into law, while expanding birth control access5%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Sarah Kellogg38%7/13/2026, 3:45:10 PM
200 young campers rescued as flooding hits parts of Missouri and Kentucky24%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Chandelis Duster40% Willem Marx33%7/12/2026, 7:07:07 PM
Photos: St. Louis celebrates America's 250th Independence Day5%
STLPR0%By Charlotte Keene0%7/4/2026, 11:07:50 PM
In St. Louis, U.S. vs. Bosnia is a World Cup match between two ‘home’ teams29%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Layla Halilbasic0%7/1/2026, 2:02:12 PM
What Jennifer Lopez taught me about being a Missourian25%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR57%By Jason Rosenbaum0%6/28/2026, 9:00:00 AM