Publication summary
⁠94%2 analyzed articles/videos535 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The Libertarian Institute results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Unattributed Quote, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 16.4% saturation with 350 hits. Analysis detected 2,637 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,140 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (47 of 553 publications). This The Libertarian Institute is worse (more manipulative) than 91.70% of the peer group.
The Libertarian Institute
Publication ranking list
Publication details
Total words: 2,140
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

92% percentile
025507510091.7% percentile
4.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.9%3.9%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Publication 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 3.7%3.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Publication 10.6%10.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 1.8%1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Publication 5.0%5.0%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Publication 5.8%5.8%

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: Publication 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 16.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 10.6%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Publication 10.5%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Publication 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 2.0%Anecdotal: Publication 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 5.0%, sitewide 0.8%Hindsight Bias: Publication 4.6%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.2%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Publication 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Publication 2.8%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

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