Topic summary
51%12 analyzed articles/videos8,286 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Shootings results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 4,410 hits. Analysis detected 27,154 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,191 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (13,961 of 15,488 topics). This Police Shootings is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.9% percentile
1.6% BS Score12 analyzed articles34.2K 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 12.9%12.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.7%9.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.7%2.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 12.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hundreds protest after police officer fatally shoots man on Madison’s east side10%
Wisconsin Watch5%By Sarah Lehr0% WPR63% Emily Rizzo0%7/23/2026, 2:10:59 AM
Video: Suspect opens fire on Texas SWAT team serving arrest warrant; but cops shoot back — 1 right through his own windshield41%
The Blaze81%By Dave Urbanski35%7/21/2026, 11:45:00 PM
Today in History: July 18, Harlem riots after fatal police shooting of Black teen31%
The Denver Post21%By The Associated Press65%7/18/2026, 8:00:58 AM
The Police Shootings Haunting New York’s South Asian Community34%
The Nation79%By Ade Khan57%7/17/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Did Joan Sebastian Guerrero's daughter witness ICE agent fatally shooting him? What we know16%
Snopes.com7%By Taija PerryCook7%7/15/2026, 12:41:06 PM
Feds share evidence in Good, Pretti shootings with state investigators months after stonewalling11%
Sahan Journal9%By Mohamed Ibrahim22%7/13/2026, 6:21:29 PM
Independence paid a record $6 million to families of mother and baby killed by police27%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR56%By Sam Zeff53%6/1/2026, 8:01:41 PM
Police shoot and kill man they say charged at officers with knife, metal pipe in downtown St. Louis23%
STLPR0%By Rebecca Thiele0%5/19/2026, 8:24:14 PM
Independence settles lawsuit over police shooting that killed an 11-week-old baby and her mother6%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR56%By Sam Zeff53%5/17/2026, 3:42:36 PM
Deadly shootout ends after California officer’s ‘heroic’ actions68%
California Post89%By Daniel Farr68%5/16/2026, 10:47:08 PM