Topic summary
31% 9 analyzed articles/videos 4,300 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Carolina results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Halo Effect , and Hasty Generalization , with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 1,447 hits . Analysis detected 16,322 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,750 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (14,268 of 16,562 topics). This South Carolina is better (less manipulative) than 86.10% of the peer group. South Carolina
Topic details
Total words: 22,750
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.9% percentile 1.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles22.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 6.4% 6.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.5% 0.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.3% 1.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.9% 4.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 2.6% 2.6% 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 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7% Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst