Keyword summary
36%11 analyzed articles/videos8,671 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Police Shooting results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7.3% saturation with 2,983 hits. Analysis detected 19,537 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,041 analyzed words across 11 articles, generating a BS Score of 1% and a BS Rank of 5% (52,379 of 54,933 keywords). This Police Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 95.40% of the peer group.
Police Shooting

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

5% percentile
02550751004.6% percentile
1.0% BS Score11 analyzed articles41K 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 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Keyword 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 1.5%1.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.5%2.5%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 4.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 1.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Keyword 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.10%
The Intercept85%By Liliana Segura57%8/6/2026, 2:00:00 AM
Democratic mayor sorrowfully shuts down encampment of violent protesters after lethal police shooting of Corey Ruiz62%
The Blaze86%By Carlos Garcia76%8/4/2026, 4:15:00 PM
Madison clears encampment at police shooting site, arrests 714%
Wisconsin Watch15%By WPR staff12%8/4/2026, 8:01:13 AM
The Corey Ruiz shooting: essential reading12%
Wisconsin Watch15%By Jim Malewitz12%8/1/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Orange County’s Biggest Civic Headlines as Schools Move to Limit Phone Use65%
Voice of OC55%By Spencer Custodio56%7/31/2026, 5:58:00 AM
Family of Autistic Man Killed by Irvine Police Question What Went Wrong in Fatal Encounter56%
Voice of OC55%By Noah Biesiada61%7/28/2026, 5:58:00 AM
Some police experts troubled by Madison shooting of Corey Ruiz35%
Journal Sentinel7%By David Clarey59%7/24/2026, 12:05:11 PM
Madison officials identify Corey Ruiz as man police shot and killed11%
Wisconsin Watch15%By Scott Bauer26% Associated Press74%7/23/2026, 4:14:57 PM
Hundreds protest after police officer fatally shoots man on Madison’s east side10%
Wisconsin Watch15%By Sarah Lehr10% WPR43% Emily Rizzo10%7/22/2026, 7:10:59 PM
Alleged Vallejo carjacking suspect identified after fatal police shooting25%
KTVU26%7/21/2026, 6:38:13 PM