Keyword summary
88%18 analyzed articles/videos9,089 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mass Shootings results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.6% saturation with 5,814 hits. Analysis detected 39,496 faulty-reasoning hits from 42,751 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 31% (36,748 of 53,184 keywords). This Mass Shootings is better (less manipulative) than 69.10% of the peer group.
Mass Shootings

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

31% percentile
025507510030.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score18 analyzed articles42.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 6.7%6.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 13.6%13.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.6%1.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 5.2%5.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 3.8%3.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 1.4%1.4%

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: Keyword 6.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 13.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 8.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 3.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 4.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hero armed citizen opened fire on Idaho In-N-Out gunman, tried to stop shooting that left 2 dead, 7 wounded: harrowing video70%
New York Post94%By Anthony Blair92%8/2/2026, 5:01:35 AM
Minneapolis police investigating two weekend mass shootings46%
MinnPost36%By MinnPost staff36%7/20/2026, 4:57:40 AM
By the Numbers: Shootings Decrease, But Gun Sales Are Up15%
The Trace2%By Aaron Mendelson16%7/15/2026, 12:00:00 PM
'Targeted shooting' in Illinois kills 5 family members69%
Fox News94%By Landon Mion90%7/11/2026, 5:00:00 PM
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The Nation87%By Cate Latimer0%7/6/2026, 2:00:00 AM
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Reason.com61%By Charles Oliver0%7/3/2026, 1:00:54 AM
Deceased gunman identified after shooting in Midland, Texas, leaves 1 dead, 10 wounded20%
Fox News94%By Robert McGreevy72% Alexandra Koch89%6/12/2026, 9:03:32 AM
At least a dozen shot near festival in Ohio; manhunt for suspects underway34%
Fox News94%By Michael Sinkewicz63%6/6/2026, 5:16:13 PM
Police hunt for suspects after 12 people shot at family-friendly summer festival in Ohio48%
New York Post94%By Sonya Gugliara0%6/6/2026, 4:47:10 PM
Man who warned coworkers 'no one's going home today' gets prison term in fatal shooting7%
Fox News94%By Greg Wehner80%5/31/2026, 3:16:44 PM