Keyword summary
61%11 analyzed articles/videos3,514 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cato Institute results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 13.1% saturation with 2,781 hits. Analysis detected 27,107 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,265 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 44% (21,326 of 37,536 keywords). This Cato Institute is better (less manipulative) than 56.80% of the peer group.
Cato Institute
Keyword ranking list
PercentileKeywordBS Score
0%Lieutenant Governor1%
0%Agriculture Commissioner1%
0%Texas Supreme Court1%
0%Tropic Care Of Florida1%
0%Running Back1%
44%Cato Institute (selected)3%
100%Rad Power Bikes60%
100%Mike Lewis60%
100%Joni Balter60%
100%Lawrence O'donnell69%
100%Bondi Beach Shooting70%
Keyword details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

43% percentile
025507510043.2% percentile
2.6% BS Score11 analyzed articles21.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 13.1%13.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 10.9%10.9%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Keyword 7.9%7.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.5%0.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Keyword 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.0%5.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.7%3.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 9.3%9.3%

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: Keyword 13.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 10.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 9.3%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 9.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Keyword 7.9%, sitewide 1.4%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Indoctrination: Keyword 6.0%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 5.2%False Dilemma: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Slippery Slope: Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Begging the Question: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How ICE operates in Texas faces new scrutiny after fatal shooting35%
Houston Chronicle16%By Dug Begley0% Matt deGrood48% Staff Writers0%7/10/2026, 11:47:24 PM
Nearly half of Americans surveyed don't know what America 250 commemorates70%
NPR84%By Chloe Veltman0%7/3/2026, 6:28:44 PM
The Citizens’ Guide to Transportation Reauthorization (Briefing Paper)83%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%12/10/2009, 5:00:00 AM
Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete (Trade Policy Analysis)92%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%12/2/2009, 5:00:00 AM
Attack of the Utility Monsters: The New Threats to Free Speech (Policy Analysis)93%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%11/16/2009, 5:00:00 AM
All the President’s Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover (Briefing Paper)96%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/23/2009, 4:00:00 AM
Getting What You Paid For — Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization (Policy Analysis)34%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/15/2009, 4:00:00 AM
High-Speed Rail Is Not “Interstate 2.0” (Briefing Paper)84%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/9/2009, 4:00:00 AM
Halfway to Where? Answering the Key Questions of Health Care Reform (Policy Analysis)87%
The Daily Caller68%By null null92%9/9/2009, 4:00:00 AM
Fannie Med? Why a “Public Option” Is Hazardous to Your Health (Policy Analysis)23%
The Daily Caller68%By Alex Beehler36%7/27/2009, 4:00:00 AM