NBC New York49%
Social Media 25%
By Max Molski0%
8/4/2026, 3:12:25 PM
Keywords: Social Media, Myspace, Meta, Tiktok, Snapchat, Youtube, Chelsea Handler, Brandy, Tanmaxxing, Whatsapp, Snap, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok Challenge, Kelly Clarkson Show
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 150 hits. Analysis detected 734 faulty-reasoning hits from 750 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.3% and a BS Rank of 25% (21,075 of 28,112 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 75.00% of the article peer group.
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NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.
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Influencers tout ‘tanmaxxing' to their followers, but dermatologists urge caution
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Most sunscreen content on TikTok is accurate, but it's the misinfo that goes viral
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Britain announces sweeping social media ban for children under 16
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12-year-old boy chokes to death at NY school while possibly doing social media challenge
School officials said the boy was on his way to his next class when he started showing signs of distress.
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