Topic summary
51% 12 analyzed articles/videos 8,286 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. Police Shootings
Topic details
Total words: 34,191
Article count: 12
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 9.9% percentile 1.6% BS Score12 analyzed articles34.2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 12.9% 12.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.7% 9.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 9.2% 9.2% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.5% 4.5% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 2.1% 2.1% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.7% 2.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 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 Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst