Topic summary
71%10 analyzed articles/videos5,974 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mass Shooting results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.3% saturation with 2,905 hits. Analysis detected 18,257 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,849 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 18% (13,531 of 16,313 topics). This Mass Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 82.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

17% percentile
025507510017.1% percentile
1.8% BS Score9 analyzed articles21.8K 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 5.7%5.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.3%13.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Suspect identified in downtown Tucson mass shooting11%
KOLD11%7/21/2026, 12:52:56 AM
15-year-old girl allegedly shot and killed 5 of her family members with 16-year-old boy, police say37%
The Blaze80%By Carlos Garcia64%7/15/2026, 9:30:00 AM
Police hunt for suspects after 12 people shot at family-friendly summer festival in Ohio36%
New York Post89%By Sonya Gugliara0%6/6/2026, 11:47:10 PM
San Diego shooting suspect’s family says he was autistic and radicalized by online hate82%
The Independent67%By Joe Sommerlad0%5/22/2026, 10:27:14 AM
1 dead and 5 injured after shooting inside Mall of Louisiana34%
The Independent67%By Brendan Rascius75%4/23/2026, 10:25:05 PM
Louisiana gunman killed seven of his own children and one other child in deadliest US mass shooting in years, police say42%
The Independent67%By Rhian Lubin0% Graig Graziosi63%4/20/2026, 12:20:19 AM
Shreveport mass shooting: Police say Shamar Elkins is gunman who killed 8 children46%
Fox News88%By Greg Wehner0%4/19/2026, 10:24:02 PM
Gunman kills 8 kids -- including 7 of his own -- in mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana69%
New York Post89%By Anthony Blair0%4/19/2026, 4:31:23 PM
Louisiana father kills 7 of his children plus another child in shooting at house, police say30%
AP News54%By Sophie Bates0% Lekan Oyekanmi72% Gerald Herbert0% John Seewer40%4/19/2026, 3:59:07 PM
Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooter pleads to lesser charge and gets 2-year sentence0%
KCUR57%By Peggy Lowe0%3/9/2026, 8:59:21 PM