Topic summary
34%13 analyzed articles/videos5,826 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Crash results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 1,530 hits. Analysis detected 11,366 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,638 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 11% (22,077 of 24,545 topics). This Fatal Crash is better (less manipulative) than 89.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.1% percentile
1.2% BS Score13 analyzed articles20.6K 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 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.4%7.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

UPDATE Police find SUV that hit elderly couple twice in Springfield6%
The Register-Guard7%By Haleigh Kochanski21%8/7/2026, 10:05:45 AM
Man arrested in deadly DUI Cobb County crash, police say1%
FOX 5 Atlanta11%8/5/2026, 5:50:10 PM
Negativ…16%Anecdot…5%Unattri…9%Attempt…8%
1 dead after 2-vehicle crash in central Las Vegas Valley5%
Las Vegas Review-Journal33%By Tony Garcia5% Spencer Levering32%8/3/2026, 2:58:25 PM
Negativ…15%Appeal …15%Biased …15%
20-year-old Casper man dies in motorcycle crash Thursday night2%
Oil City News13%By Greg Hirst6%7/31/2026, 9:31:46 AM
Officials criticize ‘misinformation’ in reports on crash that killed cop50%
CT Mirror34%By Stephen Busemeyer54% Andrew Brown54%7/31/2026, 7:29:19 AM
Driver behind bars after deadly Hillsborough County hit-and-run crash: Deputies32%
FOX 13 News20%By Katelyn Massarelli11%7/30/2026, 5:42:19 PM
Videos show fatal Walmart parking lot car theft, crash15%
Las Vegas Review-Journal33%By Akiya Dillon12%7/24/2026, 2:36:34 PM
Driver killed in Hilton Head crash, the third fatality on Beaufort Co. roads in 9 days16%
Post and Courier19%By Tony Kukulich17%7/24/2026, 10:30:00 AM
Metro driver charged in deadly crash, city worker's family responds27%
The Enquirer7%By Matthew Cupelli17% Quinlan Bentley20% Jane Park19%7/23/2026, 10:42:11 AM
Man sentenced to prison for causing fatal crash while driving home from bar31%
Las Vegas Review-Journal33%By Katelyn Newberg35%7/20/2026, 5:39:42 PM