Topic summary
⁠84%5 analyzed articles/videos1,578 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Carolina Politics results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 1,184 hits. Analysis detected 8,815 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,983 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,675 of 16,562 topics). This South Carolina Politics is better (less manipulative) than 76.50% of the peer group.
South Carolina Politics
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.5% percentile
2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles11K 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 9.0%9.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.3%9.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.8%10.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%False Dilemma: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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