Topic summary
38%29 analyzed articles/videos10,362 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 5,560 hits. Analysis detected 51,793 faulty-reasoning hits from 54,558 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,010 of 15,447 topics). This Police is better (less manipulative) than 84.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.8% percentile
1.8% BS Score29 analyzed articles54.6K 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 9.0%9.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.2%10.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.5%2.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 9.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Off-duty NYPD cop stabbed in front of Queens deli, police search for 2 suspects4%
New York Daily News75%By Emma Seiwell49%7/22/2026, 4:12:41 PM
Bucks County sheriff's deputy charged with taking nude photos of people in custody17%
PhillyVoice28%By Michael Tanenbaum12%7/20/2026, 6:04:20 PM
Boston police investigating dead body near Mattapan home owned by Pressley’s husband17%
BostonGlobe.com26%By Chris Van Buskirk0% Samantha J. Gross0%7/18/2026, 8:17:28 PM
Detectives investigating death of NYPD cop’s brother shot in eye in Harlem apartment28%
New York Daily News75%By Rebecca White40% Thomas Tracy41%7/18/2026, 10:25:20 AM
The Anne Widdecombe investigation has been embarrassing for the police73%
spiked93%By Paul Birch0%7/18/2026, 9:55:34 AM
When police officers are shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart21%
PhillyVoice28%By Prachi Sanghavi24% University of Chicago24% Cal Chengqi Fang24%7/18/2026, 9:01:00 AM
Supervisor presses SFPD on Pride weekend arrests, cites ‘horrifying overreaction’22%
The San Francisco Standard36%By Madeline Taub33%7/17/2026, 10:04:18 PM
Emergency crews rescue man trapped under manhole cover in Northeast Philly7%
PhillyVoice28%By Michaela Althouse28%7/16/2026, 9:26:24 PM
Two men in critical condition following Cypress Kroger shooting12%
Houston Public Media11%By Michael Adkison18%7/15/2026, 9:35:01 PM
How Britain’s cops became the armed wing of wokeness92%
spiked93%By Brendan O'Neill97%7/6/2026, 11:16:02 AM