ICE Shot and Killed a Man in Houston ⁠53%

By Sam Stein⁠90% Adrian Carrasquillo⁠73%

7/8/2026, 10:08:14 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 35.2% saturation with 96 hits. Analysis detected 505 faulty-reasoning hits from 273 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (10,479 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 52.10% of the article peer group.

Sam Stein and Adrian Carrasquillo 
Sam Stein and Adrian Carrasquillo take on the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot dead by ICE in the North Houston suburbs. 
Lorenzo lived in the U.S. for 35 years, built a construction business, and put three sons in college. 
DHS released a statement nearly identical to the one it issued after Renee Goode's killing—and ICE won't say where the three witnesses in his car are. 
Read Adrian's full piece: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-here-for-35-years-put-three-kids-in-college-ice-killed-jim-lorenzo-salgado-araujo 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 9.5%Sam Stein: 3.1%The Bulwark: 5.8%Confirmation Bias9.5%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.2%Sam Stein: 4.7%The Bulwark: 2.9%Availability Heuristic13.2%This article: 6.2%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic6.2%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 8.4%Sam Stein: 18.5%The Bulwark: 6.8%Framing Effect8.4%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.7%The Bulwark: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.7%Sam Stein: 0.2%The Bulwark: 1.5%Optimism Bias3.7%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 1.6%The Bulwark: 2.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 35.2%Sam Stein: 29.4%The Bulwark: 11.2%Negativity Bias35.2%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 8.1%Sam Stein: 0.3%The Bulwark: 1.2%Fundamental Attribution Error8.1%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.6%The Bulwark: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 3.3%Sam Stein: 3.4%The Bulwark: 3.0%In-Group Bias3.3%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 3.1%The Bulwark: 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 6.6%Sam Stein: 0.3%The Bulwark: 1.1%Halo Effect6.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.7%The Bulwark: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 2.6%Sam Stein: 1.7%The Bulwark: 1.5%Recency Bias2.6%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.2%The Bulwark: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 2.6%Sam Stein: 7.1%The Bulwark: 3.3%Ad Hominem2.6%This article: 3.3%Sam Stein: 2.4%The Bulwark: 0.7%Straw Man3.3%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 2.1%The Bulwark: 3.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 2.8%The Bulwark: 2.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 9.9%Sam Stein: 10.2%The Bulwark: 8.2%Hasty Generalization9.9%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 4.0%The Bulwark: 0.5%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 16.8%Sam Stein: 6.2%The Bulwark: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion16.8%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 1.4%The Bulwark: 1.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 1.0%The Bulwark: 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.7%The Bulwark: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.3%The Bulwark: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 8.1%Sam Stein: 1.8%The Bulwark: 2.4%Anecdotal8.1%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 4.4%Sam Stein: 1.3%The Bulwark: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)4.4%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 1.4%The Bulwark: 2.2%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 4.0%Sam Stein: 1.3%The Bulwark: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection4.0%This article: 9.5%Sam Stein: 23.5%The Bulwark: 15.3%Biased Writer Voice9.5%This article: 2.9%Sam Stein: 3.4%The Bulwark: 2.8%Indoctrination2.9%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 16.5%The Bulwark: 5.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sam Stein: 0.4%The Bulwark: 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 26.7%Sam Stein: 24.3%The Bulwark: 4.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…26.7%

273 words analyzed.

Speakers

8speakers36%attributed speech175writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageAdrian Carrasquillo • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 15 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 11 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageCatherine Rampell • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageBenjamin Parker • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageTim Miller • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWilliam Kristol • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWill Saletan • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageTim Miller • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWill Sommer • 8 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Bulwark+ Takes

100%flagged-word coverage
43 attributed words44% of attributed speech97% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +85.7 ptsWriter: 14.3%Bulwark+ Takes: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-14.9 ptsWriter: 14.9%Bulwark+ Takes: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-6.3 ptsWriter: 6.3%Bulwark+ Takes: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-4.6 ptsWriter: 4.6%Bulwark+ Takes: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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