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Special Report: Looking back on the political legacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham 6%
By NBC News36%
7/12/2026, 11:14:56 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 54.1% saturation with 46 hits. Analysis detected 340 faulty-reasoning hits from 85 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 21.8% and a BS Rank of 6% (20,680 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.50% of the article peer group.
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who had held his Senate seat since 2003 and was seen as a war hawk and significant voice on defense and foreign policy, has died at the age of 71 from a “sudden illness.”
NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin and Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker report on Graham’s rise in Congress, his relationship with President Donald Trump, and his views on the wars in Iran and between Russia and Ukraine.
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