BS Summary: This article contains 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Optimism Bias, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 28.2% saturation with 106 hits. Analysis detected 942 faulty-reasoning hits from 376 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 57.2% and a BS Rank of 62% (8,212 of 21,180 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the article peer group.

Alan Wilson has won the Republican nomination for Governor of South Carolina, defeating Pamela Evette in a primary runoff election. 
On Tuesday, with 12% of the vote counted, the Associated Press projected Wilson the winner after he secured 27,221 votes, or 62.9%, while Evette received 16,275 votes, or 37.1%. 
Two weeks before the runoff, Evette and Wilson both beat out Representatives Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). 
Evette came in first place in the June 9th primary, taking 29% of the vote. 
She was endorsed by term-limited South Carolina (R-S.C.), as well as President Donald Trump. 
Last week, Trump issued an endorsement for Wilson, saying he “can’t hurt one of them by endorsing the other.” 
“I love the Wonderful State of South Carolina for every reason in the book, including the fact that it is ‘loaded up’ with truly GREAT people and Political Leaders. 
There are two Highly Respected Candidates running to be your next Governor in the June 23rd Republican Runoff Election,” Trump wrote. 
“Both have had amazing careers, and have been with me from the beginning. 
They are MAGA and America First all the way!” 
he continued. 
“These are the two that I was hoping would get into a Runoff, and they did.” 
“Vote for Pam or Alan  They will not let you down!” 
Trump’s post concluded. 
In addition to the president, Wilson was endorsed by both Mace and Norman. 
“I want a law-and-order governor, and that law-and-order governor is going to be Alan Wilson,” she said. 
“And I not only think he’s going to win tonight, I think he’s going to mop the floor with Pamela Evette, and I very much look forward to that.” 
“As someone who has always believed in participating in our elections, I’ve never sat on the sidelines and I’m not going to now,” Norman said at a press conference. 
“We have two choices before us, and I owe it to my supporters to tell you where I stand.” 
“Alan is a combat veteran, he’s a prosecutor, he’s a family man, he’s a Christian,” he added. 
“And I believe he will work with conservatives all across this great state to advance an agenda that puts South Carolinians first.” 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 4.3%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 2.8%One America News Network: 4.6%Confirmation Bias4.3%This article: 7.7%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.9%One America News Network: 2.4%Anchoring Bias7.7%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 3.2%One America News Network: 3.9%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 1.3%One America News Network: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.2%One America News Network: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 4.3%One America News Network: 2.9%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 5.6%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 9.7%One America News Network: 15.3%Framing Effect5.6%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.5%One America News Network: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.5%One America News Network: 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.2%One America News Network: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 16.8%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 4.4%One America News Network: 4.3%Optimism Bias16.8%This article: 7.7%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 1.1%One America News Network: 1.8%Pessimism Bias7.7%This article: 7.7%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 6.5%One America News Network: 11.8%Negativity Bias7.7%This article: 11.2%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 3.2%One America News Network: 3.2%Self-Serving Bias11.2%This article: 5.1%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.5%One America News Network: 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error5.1%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.2%One America News Network: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 13.8%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 4.6%One America News Network: 3.9%In-Group Bias13.8%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 1.3%One America News Network: 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 16.8%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 6.5%One America News Network: 5.3%Halo Effect16.8%This article: 0.0%OAN 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Mosack: 0.4%One America News Network: 0.1%Circular Reasoning5.1%This article: 7.7%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 5.0%One America News Network: 5.4%Hasty Generalization7.7%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.3%One America News Network: 0.5%Red Herring0.0%This article: 2.4%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.7%One America News Network: 1.1%Bandwagon2.4%This article: 25.5%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 11.2%One America News Network: 10.0%Appeal to Emotion25.5%This article: 4.5%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 1.0%One America News Network: 1.7%Begging the Question4.5%This article: 4.3%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 1.7%One America News Network: 3.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)4.3%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.3%One America News Network: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.3%One America News Network: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.3%One America News Network: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine 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Staff Katherine Mosack: 2.3%One America News Network: 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection7.7%This article: 4.5%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 6.0%One America News Network: 5.2%Biased Writer Voice4.5%This article: 16.2%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 2.6%One America News Network: 1.1%Indoctrination16.2%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 0.1%One America News Network: 0.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 7.1%One America News Network: 3.8%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%OAN Staff Katherine Mosack: 2.2%One America News Network: 1.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

376 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers55%attributed speech170writer words
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Writer's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 19 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 29 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 21 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 13 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 16 words • 0.0% coverageDonald Trump • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 100.0% coverageRalph Norman • 29 words • 0.0% coverageRalph Norman • 19 words • 0.0% coverageRalph Norman • 17 words • 100.0% coverageRalph Norman • 22 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Donald Trump

100%flagged-word coverage
119 attributed words58% of attributed speech82% writer coverage
0%27.5%55.0%Indoctrination+51.3 ptsWriter: 0.0%Donald Trump: 51.3%51.3%Unattributed Quote-27.1 ptsWriter: 27.1%Donald Trump: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection+24.4 ptsWriter: 0.0%Donald Trump: 24.4%24.4%

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

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