Topic summary
27%12 analyzed articles/videos5,694 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Shooting results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 2,483 hits. Analysis detected 18,191 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,900 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 15% (14,036 of 16,402 topics). This Fatal Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510014.4% percentile
1.7% BS Score12 analyzed articles23.9K 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 10.4%10.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 10.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

16-year-old Las Vegas boy arrested in fatal shooting near Santa Monica Pier7%
Las Vegas Review-Journal63%By Caitlin Lilly5%7/24/2026, 12:48:37 PM
Congressional forum in Houston will scrutinize ICE use of force after fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado18%
Houston Chronicle16%By John Wayne Ferguson11% Julián Aguilar15%7/24/2026, 11:00:00 AM
2 fatally shot in Hyde Park5%
Chicago Sun-Times32%By Sun-Times Wire5%7/24/2026, 12:05:32 AM
Family says Houston ICE shooting substance was salt17%
WXII3%By Jason Hanna27% Lauren Mascarenhas27% Norma Galeana27% Ed Lavandera27% CNN29%7/21/2026, 2:21:00 AM
Negativ…59%Appeal …61%Unattri…61%
Man killed in Fuller Park shooting14%
Chicago Sun-Times32%By Sun-Times Wire5%7/18/2026, 2:26:21 PM
Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report about ICE officer shooting in Maine78%
New York Daily News76%By Associated Press60%7/17/2026, 11:50:29 AM
Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston61%
ABC News22%By DAVID PHILLIP Associated Press0% LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press0% SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press0%7/16/2026, 10:49:15 PM
FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.50%
The Texas Tribune15%By Alex Nguyen35% Uriel J. García19%7/16/2026, 5:22:41 PM
ICE Targeted Wrong Person in Fatal Maine Shooting51%
The New Republic72%By Hafiz Rashid70%7/14/2026, 1:08:31 PM
ICE confirms man shot and killed in Maine was illegal alien who had received order of deportation41%
The Blaze80%By Carlos Garcia64%7/14/2026, 11:47:51 AM