Topic summary
26% 12 analyzed articles/videos 6,775 analyzed words
BS Summary: These South Carolina Politics results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice , Framing Effect , and Halo Effect , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 4.8% saturation with 1,548 hits . Analysis detected 15,370 faulty-reasoning hits from 32,372 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (22,688 of 23,751 topics). This South Carolina Politics is better (less manipulative) than 95.50% of the peer group. South Carolina Politics
Topic details
Total words: 32,372
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
5% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 4.5% percentile 1.0% BS Score12 analyzed articles32.4K 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 3.8% 3.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.8% 4.8% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 2.3% 2.3% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% 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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst