Keyword summary
44%16 analyzed articles/videos12,369 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Misconduct results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 5,790 hits. Analysis detected 47,851 faulty-reasoning hits from 84,830 analyzed words across 16 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (51,185 of 53,938 keywords). This Police Misconduct is better (less manipulative) than 94.90% of the peer group.
Police Misconduct

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751005.1% percentile
1.1% BS Score16 analyzed articles84.8K 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 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 6.8%6.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.4%0.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 3.2%3.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Keyword 0.4%0.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Keyword 0.7%0.7%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 6.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 3.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 4.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Denver Westword28%By Brendan Joel Kelley44%7/23/2026, 5:57:02 AM
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Mother Jones68%By Samantha Michaels29% Noah Lanard37% Sophie Hurwitz76%7/21/2026, 1:00:09 PM
'Complete 180': How the DOJ has redefined its civil rights mission and targeted California54%
Los Angeles Times88%By Ben Wieder68%7/19/2026, 3:00:00 AM
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Mother Jones68%By Sophie Hurwitz76%7/18/2026, 9:59:24 AM
Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader36%
404 Media67%By Jason Koebler62%7/6/2026, 3:00:54 AM
British Police Don't Want You to Watch This Footage of Their Mistake93%
Townhall92%By Joseph Chalfant100%7/3/2026, 12:00:19 PM