Topic summary
74%19 analyzed articles/videos8,893 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Shootings results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 5,808 hits. Analysis detected 37,655 faulty-reasoning hits from 43,448 analyzed words across 19 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 19% (13,555 of 16,562 topics). This Shootings is better (less manipulative) than 81.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.2% percentile
1.8% BS Score19 analyzed articles43.4K 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 7.2%7.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.4%13.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.6%10.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 7.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

3 Killed, 1 Wounded In Separate Hyde Park Shootings Thursday Night18%
Block Club Chicago14%By Maxwell Evans42%7/24/2026, 3:39:57 PM
Ex-wives of ICE agent tied to Maine shooting accuse him of violence and threats79%
BostonGlobe.com29%By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio63% Lea Skene57% Mike Damiano0%7/17/2026, 2:43:06 PM
Lawmakers demand answers after 'bombshell' report of ICE officer shooting in Maine83%
ABC News22%By LISA MASCARO AP congressional correspondent0%7/17/2026, 5:04:00 AM
Trump demands additional ICE traffic stops, despite his own administration’s new policy61%
MS NOW95%By Steve Benen95%7/15/2026, 1:01:25 PM
Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings34%
Boston.com19%By Associated Press60%7/14/2026, 7:44:26 PM
Family demands an independent probe after ICE officer fatally shoots a man in Houston66%
AP News53%By LEKAN OYEKANMI72% JACK BROOK53% JEFFREY COLLINS88%7/8/2026, 5:23:56 PM
Shooting in northern Germany leaves 6 people dead. Suspected shooter arrested42%
AP News53%6/29/2026, 12:01:05 PM
Two people shot as bullets fly inside Brooklyn music venue9%
New York Daily News76%By Nicholas Williams58%6/20/2026, 11:34:49 PM
Brooklyn man killed, cop wounded in brownstone shootout, NYPD commissioner says3%
Gothamist77%By Elizabeth Kim84%6/19/2026, 3:22:00 PM
Gunman kills six members of his own family in ‘evil’ Iowa shooting spree: cops14%
The Independent68%By Alex Croft76%6/2/2026, 9:45:24 AM