NOLA.com⁠27%

Liz Murrill joins Alabama and Florida attorneys general in Dr. Fauci investigation ⁠42%

By NOLA.com staff report⁠25%

8/1/2026, 2:28:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Recency Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 18.9% saturation with 31 hits. Analysis detected 197 faulty-reasoning hits from 164 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 40.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (14,894 of 25,473 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 58.50% of the article peer group.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Saturday that her office would be investigating former top government scientist Dr. 
Anthony Fauci, joining Alabama and Florida’s attorneys general. 
The announcement comes days after a Senate committee hearing where, when asked about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment right to protect against self-incrimination. 
"Fauci lied. 
Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. 
Fauci. 
At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept," Murrill said in a statement. 
"Louisiana will join Alabama and Florida in investigating Fauci and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts.” 
After Murrill’s announcement, Gov. 
Jeff Landry posted a statement on X, writing, “As someone who was Attorney General alongside Eric Schmitt, and deposed Dr. 
Fauci, I am happy to have Louisiana join Alabama and Florida!” 
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
18.9%
Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
12.2%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
18.3%
Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
12.2%
Appeal to Emotion
17.7%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
18.3%
Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
1.2%
No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
1.2%
Quote-first Misdirection
1.2%
Biased Writer Voice
18.9%
Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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164 words analyzed.

Analysis

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