Topic summary
54%28 analyzed articles/videos13,061 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Murder results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.2% saturation with 6,841 hits. Analysis detected 40,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 51,726 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,324 of 15,547 topics). This Murder is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.9% percentile
1.5% BS Score28 analyzed articles51.7K 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 6.2%6.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.2%13.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%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 6.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

DA: Man charged with murder allegedly killed friend by mistake during gunfight in Dorchester7%
Boston.com18%By Samantha Genzer8%7/23/2026, 11:14:38 PM
Philadelphia man charged with murder for the third time, Pa. Attorney General's Office says9%
The Philadelphia Inquirer20%By Jillian Kramer11%7/23/2026, 8:40:12 PM
Boston Common murder suspect sent for eval at Bridgewater State Hospital15%
Boston Herald20%By Colleen Cronin20%7/23/2026, 3:50:19 PM
Negativ…20%Appeal …20%
Boston man charged with murder in Fourth of July weekend shooting on Blue Hill Ave.4%
Boston.com18%By Samantha Genzer8%7/22/2026, 9:48:04 PM
Bleach blonde murderess Pamela Smart dolls herself up for court as she begs for new trial after orchestrating her husband's murder32%
Daily Mail Online59%By Emma Richter48%7/20/2026, 7:45:52 PM
Phil Stanford Has Literally Written the Book on Michael Francke’s Murder71%
Willamette Week64%By Aaron Mesh91%7/20/2026, 5:29:04 AM
Son fatally shot his mother at Metairie apartment complex, JPSO says5%
NOLA.com6%By Michelle Hunter3%7/15/2026, 9:21:00 PM
Mystery of the Boston nanny, 20, who won the lottery so moved to America but was then murdered and chopped in HALF after a night out27%
Daily Mail Online59%By Jack Toledo0%7/4/2026, 12:20:58 PM
Smartly-dressed New England mom, 59, appears in court charged with 1985 murder of baby boy who was dumped in snow to die5%
Daily Mail Online78%By RACHEL BOWMAN30%6/30/2026, 3:45:00 PM
Bronx man shot to death in front of mom by former friends as they steal his diamond jewelry9%
New York Daily News75%By Roni Jacobson63% Rocco Parascandola54% Rebecca White40% Colin Mixson63%6/16/2026, 3:53:37 AM