Stat News Bias and Reliability

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Bias: Middle

Reliability: Reliable, Analysis/Fact Reporting

Overall Score

The following are the overall bias and reliability scores for Stat News according to our Ad Fontes Media ratings methodology.

Bias: -2.55

Reliability: 44.11

Bias scores for articles and shows are on a scale of -42 to +42, with higher negative scores being more left, higher positive scores being more right, and scores closer to zero being minimally biased, equally balanced, or exhibiting a centrist bias.

Reliability scores for articles and shows are on a scale of 0-64. Scores above 36 are generally good; scores below 24 are generally problematic. Scores between 24-36 indicate a range of possibilities, with some sources falling there because they are heavy in opinion and/or analysis, and some because they have a high variation in reliability between content pieces.

Panels of analysts from Ad Fontes Media regularly review representative sample content to rate it for reliability and bias. Each panel of analysts comprises one left-leaning, one right-leaning, and one center-leaning analyst.

The team considers a variety of factors when rating content. To determine the bias score of a piece of content, we consider its language, its political position, and how it compares to other reporting from other sources on the same topic. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the source’s overall bias score.

To determine its reliability score, we consider the content’s veracity, expression, its title/headline, and graphics. We add each of these scores to the chart on a weighted scale, with the average of those creating the source’s overall reliability score.

The bias rating, demonstrated on the horizontal axis of the Media Bias Chart®️, ranges from most extreme left to middle to most extreme right. The reliability rating, demonstrated on the chart’s vertical axis, rates sources on a scale from original fact reporting to analysis, opinion, selective/incomplete, misleading, and inaccurate/fabricated information.

Individual Content Sample Scores

These are the most recent content samples that Ad Fontes Media analysts have rated for this source.

Content Sample URL Bias Reliability
Biden’s diagnosis highlights little-noticed rise in late-stage prostate cancers0.046.33
The wellness industry is killing animals, spreading disease, and fueling the next pandemic-5.3340.33
Clinical trials exclude disabled Americans because federal agencies failed them, new report finds-244.0
Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted in new surgeon general report0.046.33
Bill Gates slams ‘shocking’ U.S. response to Covid-19 pandemic-635.67
White House transparency disputes imperil funds to buy Covid therapeutics0.041.0
The pandemic: a series of failures, a few miracles — and a lesson for next time, global health experts say0.037.0
Machine learning is booming in medicine. It’s also facing a credibility crisis1.049.0
In puzzle of rare blood clots and Covid vaccines, researchers see clues0.044.33
Inside the battle over Talkspace and a grand experiment in mental health-1.3347.67
Employers can't require Covid-19 vaccination under an EUA0.049.0
Pfizer and BioNTech say vaccine prevents Covid-19 in adolescents0.051.0
Biden will compel states to make vaccines available for all adults by May 1-1.6743.0
FDA authorizes new test to detect past Covid-19 infections0.044.67
Experts describe the day they realized Covid-19 was here to stay-343.67
AmerisourceBergen rewards CEO despite the ravages of the opioid crisis-641.33
The uncounted: People who are homeless are invisible victims of Covid-19-444.33
With a single number, AstraZeneca study fueled hopes that eclipsed data0.047.33
The U.S. needs a National Vaccine Day-7.6732.0
Survey: Majority of docs hold misconceptions about people with disabilities-1.3347.67
Biden tasks connected, controversial geneticist with ‘reinvigorating’ science-5.6744.67
The bystander effect, Covid-19 vaccine edition-1.6740.33
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective in late-stage trial0.046.67
South Carolina sees first U.S. cases of South Africa coronavirus variant0.044.67
J&J's Covid vaccine is 66% effective, a weapon but not a knockout punch0.042.67