Keyword summary
0%5 analyzed articles/videos4,006 analyzed words
BS Summary: These North-Carolina results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 27.8% saturation with 3,871 hits. Analysis detected 20,923 faulty-reasoning hits from 13,924 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 59% (15,440 of 37,536 keywords). This North-Carolina is worse (more manipulative) than 58.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

59% percentile
025507510058.9% percentile
3.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles13.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Keyword 16.3%16.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 27.8%27.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 18.5%18.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.7%5.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 11.1%11.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 4.1%4.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.3%1.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Keyword 0.4%0.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Negativity Bias: Keyword 27.8%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Keyword 18.5%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 16.3%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 11.1%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 12.2%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 6.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 2.0%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

In North Carolina, a Shooting Victim Pleads for His Shooter’s Release After 30 Years7%
Bolts66%By Phillip Vance Smith II7%7/23/2026, 12:46:39 PM
Flooding closes I-40 in Orange County, trees fall in Triangle, thousands lose power10%
WRAL.com56%By WRAL staff11%7/23/2026, 10:10:14 AM
JetZero eyes $3B for blended-wing aircraft factory built around digital twin tech67%
Interesting Engineering62%By Aamir Khollam44%7/20/2026, 11:28:10 PM
North Carolina Dems Foushee, Ross vote to cut aid to Israel46%
WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source0%By Steve Harrison0%7/20/2026, 11:40:43 AM
Feel-Good Friday: The Kids Are All Right, Showing Us What a Caring Community Looks Like48%
RedState91%By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell56%7/17/2026, 9:00:00 PM
America’s Only Successful Coup Served the Ruling Class36%
Jacobin60%By Dale Kretz44%7/17/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Century-old Concord church transformed into attainable housing near emerging arts district43%
QCity Metro29%By QCity Metro Staff31%7/15/2026, 6:04:52 PM
Roy Cooper found his conscience two hours after Chuck Schumer did73%
Washington Examiner74%By Colton Overcash90%7/14/2026, 1:00:00 PM
A swarm of solar ‘bees’ are coming to western North Carolina community hubs21%
Grist28%By Katie Myers35%7/14/2026, 8:45:00 AM
The Black Trans Short Film Festival was so much more than short films9%
Scalawag65%By Sherronda J. Brown45%7/8/2026, 3:34:11 PM