Topic summary
18%32 analyzed articles/videos12,624 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime And Public Safety results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 3,920 hits. Analysis detected 32,236 faulty-reasoning hits from 51,507 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (14,999 of 15,785 topics). This Crime And Public Safety is better (less manipulative) than 95.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751005.0% percentile
1.4% BS Score32 analyzed articles51.5K 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 3.9%3.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 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 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Bay Area man sentenced to 7 years for pimping, exploiting minor2%
East Bay Times68%By Isabel Beer7/23/2026, 1:15:23 PM
Oakland pop-up restaurant owner pauses business after home break-in, sexual assault of 16-year-old son23%
KTVU FOX 262%By Amber Lee73%7/23/2026, 12:54:02 PM
Gwinnett County traffic stop leads to arrest over licensing dispute9%
FOX 5 Atlanta45%By Christopher King7%7/23/2026, 2:54:10 AM
Teen shot on NYC subway platform recounts fight with mugger over Steve Madden bag36%
New York Daily News75%By Rocco Parascandola54%7/20/2026, 12:30:24 PM
Family suspects antisemitism in mysterious murder of 75-year-old rabbi in Queens park23%
New York Daily News75%By Emma Seiwell50% Rocco Parascandola54% Thomas Tracy42%6/25/2026, 5:58:00 PM
Man who used wheelchair due to ailments dies in Queens fire, roommate critically hurt12%
New York Daily News75%By Nicholas Williams58% Rocco Parascandola54% Leonard Greene72%6/1/2026, 3:58:13 PM
Brooklyn woman, 23, stabs mom dead, kills self in Park Slope murder-suicide: NYPD source38%
New York Daily News75%By Theodore Parisienne0% Rocco Parascandola54% John Annese58%5/31/2026, 12:30:01 PM
Man’s skeletal remains recovered from Jamaica Bay in Queens by NYPD19%
New York Daily News75%By Nicholas Williams58%5/31/2026, 12:05:28 AM
Man arrested in deadly stabbing outside Brooklyn market claims self-defense9%
New York Daily News75%By Rebecca White41% Nicholas Williams58%5/30/2026, 9:03:28 PM
Cops arrest suspect, ID victim in deadly stabbing outside Brooklyn market3%
New York Daily News75%By Colin Mixson63%5/30/2026, 3:46:10 AM