Topic summary
48%40 analyzed articles/videos12,833 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shooting results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.3% saturation with 5,148 hits. Analysis detected 43,576 faulty-reasoning hits from 62,287 analyzed words across 40 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,763 of 16,562 topics). This Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 95.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.8% percentile
1.4% BS Score40 analyzed articles62.3K 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 4.7%4.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.3%8.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 4.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Biased …19%
Man dies from shooting on Marquette Street in Fayetteville1%
WRAL.com56%By WRAL Staff11%7/25/2026, 5:18:12 AM
Shooting outside Plant City nightclub leaves 1 dead: HCSO3%
FOX 13 Tampa Bay51%By Joe Espy17%7/25/2026, 5:08:20 AM
Man arrested after Covington bar shooting in May, police say6%
The Enquirer38%By Matthew Cupelli25%7/24/2026, 2:58:20 PM
Passengers in ICE shooting say officers not in danger, driver was parked24%
ABC News22%By CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press0%7/22/2026, 4:03:42 PM
Negativ…20%Appeal …20%
Boston man charged with murder in Fourth of July weekend shooting on Blue Hill Ave.4%
Boston.com19%By Samantha Genzer10%7/22/2026, 2:48:04 PM
Young woman shot inside Brooklyn subway station during robbery attempt: cops20%
amNewYork43%By Dean Moses44%7/20/2026, 5:58:53 AM
1 killed, 8 injured in shooting at southeast Denver nightclub36%
The Denver Post13%By Shelly Bradbury69% Lauren Penington6%7/20/2026, 5:25:16 AM
9 people shot and injured in downtown Tucson early Sunday33%
Yahoo News39%By VANESSA NAVARRETE52% BILL HUTCHINSON52%7/19/2026, 12:04:00 PM
Man, 29, fatally shot in head during quarrel with 2 men in Bronx restaurant basement26%
New York Daily News76%By Thomas Tracy42%7/16/2026, 5:38:11 AM
2 people in critical condition after shooting inside Cypress Kroger, officials say9%
Houston Chronicle16%By Ashley Soebroto10% John Wayne Ferguson11% Tanya Babbar14%7/15/2026, 1:35:07 PM