David Tuller,

David Tuller is a lecturer in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He has a background in investigative journalism and has written extensively about scientific misconduct and the PACE trial.

Biography:  https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-pace-trial/

72%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

10%

Examples:

  • The authors are criticized for failing to consider alternative explanations for the results, such as the possibility that patients were influenced by expectations or previous treatments.
  • The authors of the PACE trial and their supporters are accused of promoting a flawed study that overstated the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
  • The study is also criticized for using a broad definition of chronic fatigue syndrome that may have included patients who did not truly have the condition.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • The authors of the PACE trial may have had a conflict of interest in promoting their own hypothesis about chronic fatigue syndrome, which they claimed could be treated with cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • Despite assertions of robust evidence from those most invested in promoting it, the FND construct was based largely on speculation and assumption.
  • The results of the PACE trial contradicted the fundamental experience of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, who knew that even mild exertion could increase their symptoms.
  • The study's findings went against established knowledge in the scientific community about the organic basis of chronic fatigue syndrome.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

  • The PACE trial may have been deceptive in its presentation of results, as it used a broad definition of chronic fatigue syndrome that likely included patients who did not truly have the condition, and failed to consider alternative explanations for the results.

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