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Senator Lindsey Graham Passes Away at Age 71 - RedState ⁠41%

By Jerry Wilson⁠0%

7/11/2026, 7:40:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 44.2% saturation with 137 hits. Analysis detected 723 faulty-reasoning hits from 310 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (12,954 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 59.20% of the article peer group.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has passed away at age 71. 
Graham's death on Saturday, July 11, 2026, was caused by what his office describes as a "brief and sudden illness." 
Statement from the Office of U.S. 
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). pic.twitter.com/CQ5yVvqTH1 
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 12, 2026 
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310 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers8.7%attributed speech283writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageLindsey Graham • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageRedState • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageRedState • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageJennifer Oliver O'Connell • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

RedState

82%flagged-word coverage
17 attributed words63% of attributed speech71% writer coverage
0%42.5%85.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +65.4 ptsWriter: 17.0%RedState: 82.4%82.4%Biased Writer Voice-48.4 ptsWriter: 48.4%RedState: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-12.7 ptsWriter: 12.7%RedState: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -5.3 ptsWriter: 5.3%RedState: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.6 ptsWriter: 4.6%RedState: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-2.1 ptsWriter: 2.1%RedState: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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