Speaker summary
98%1 analyzed article/video35 analyzed words
BS Summary: These CATO Institute results contain 1 faulty reasoning type, including Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 35 faulty-reasoning hits from 35 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 98% (677 of 28,364 speakers). This CATO Institute is worse (more manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group.
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Speaker ranking list
Speaker details
Total words: 35
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

98% percentile
025507510097.6% percentile
100.0% BS Score1 analyzed videos35 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–125%
0.0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 100.0%100.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%80%80%100%100%120%120%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 100.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos