Topic summary
38%11 analyzed articles/videos9,996 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lindsey Graham results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 3,022 hits. Analysis detected 38,547 faulty-reasoning hits from 44,726 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (13,965 of 15,689 topics). This Lindsey Graham is better (less manipulative) than 89.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.0% percentile
1.6% BS Score11 analyzed articles44.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.8%1.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Calling Cartels 'Narcoterrorists' Turns Drug Enforcement Into War Making65%
Reason.com40%By Niko Vorobyov89%7/19/2026, 11:00:34 AM
Exclusive: Annie Andrews on How Lindsey Graham’s Death Shifted South Carolina Senate Race45%
Newsweek32%By Andrew Stanton15%7/18/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Readers sound off on Trump's distractions, Lindsey Graham and SATs77%
New York Daily News76%By Voice of the People79%7/15/2026, 7:00:46 AM
“Wasting their time”: Trump swats down FBI investigation into Graham’s death55%
Salon77%By Alex Galbraith75%7/14/2026, 8:09:20 PM
Putin Has a New Problem: Lindsey Graham’s Legacy51%
Newsweek32%By David Averre48%7/14/2026, 5:17:26 PM
Kicking Out the Boomers Won’t Fix Congress8%
Newsweek32%By Newsweek Editors30% Christopher Roberts15%7/14/2026, 11:00:00 AM
War With Iran Kicks Off ... Again36%
The Dispatch29%By Steve Hayes19% Jonah Goldberg33% Michael Warren8% Mike Nelson78%7/14/2026, 7:00:00 AM
Lindsey Graham’s Sister Darline Graham Nordone Appointed to His Senate Seat16%
Newsweek32%By Daniel Orton10% Gabe Whisnant19%7/13/2026, 3:05:25 PM
Special Report: Looking back on the political legacy of Sen. Lindsey Graham6%
NBC News32%By NBC News35%7/12/2026, 11:14:56 AM
Lindsey Graham remembered for a vision of American foreign policy that’s fading in Washington76%
AP News53%By GEIR MOULSON73% NICHOLAS RICCARDI73%7/12/2026, 9:20:07 AM