Speaker summary
⁠28%14 analyzed articles/videos489.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Chicago police results contain 9 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 19.5% saturation with 147 hits. Analysis detected 442.008 faulty-reasoning hits from 489.333 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (26,981 of 28,364 speakers). This Chicago police is better (less manipulative) than 95.10% of the peer group.
Chicago police
Speaker details
Total words: 489.333
Article count: 14
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.9% percentile
6.6% BS Score14 analyzed videos489.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 19.5%19.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 2.3%2.3%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 3.0%3.0%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 6.1%6.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 19.5%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 1.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 2.3%, sitewide 6.0%Burden of Proof: Speaker 3.0%, sitewide 0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 2.1%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Woman, 2 Young Sons Injured In Crash After Lengthy Police Chase Now Out Of Hospital: Alderman⁠3%
Block Club Chicago⁠14%By Jim Lynch⁠2%7/24/2026, 8:32:32 PM
Man sitting in vehicle fatally shot in Uptown⁠18%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/24/2026, 12:13:02 PM
2 shot, 1 fatally, in Hyde Park⁠18%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/24/2026, 12:04:11 PM
2 fatally shot in Hyde Park⁠5%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/24/2026, 12:05:32 AM
Negativ…59%Appeal …61%Unattri…61%
Man killed in Fuller Park shooting⁠14%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/18/2026, 2:26:21 PM
Suspect wounded during large gathering in Fuller Park⁠1%
Chicago Tribune⁠11%By Deanese Williams-Harris⁠0%7/18/2026, 12:44:25 PM
Teen shot 7 times in Garfield Park⁠15%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/17/2026, 11:36:16 PM
Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Playpen⁠48%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/17/2026, 12:37:18 PM
Negativ…8%Unattri…27%Attempt…27%
Man, 70, hospitalized after being pulled from Montrose Harbor⁠2%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/16/2026, 4:12:13 AM
Framing…12%Post Ho…15%Ambigui…2%Unattri…57%
Burglars steal SUV, cause multi-vehicle crash in Rogers Park; 1 in custody⁠15%
Chicago Sun-Times⁠30%By Sun-Times Wire⁠5%7/15/2026, 11:23:09 AM
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