Topic summary
40%13 analyzed articles/videos6,996 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fatal Shooting results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 2,580 hits. Analysis detected 22,506 faulty-reasoning hits from 37,451 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 12% (19,850 of 22,393 topics). This Fatal Shooting is better (less manipulative) than 88.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.4% percentile
1.3% BS Score13 analyzed articles37.5K 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 6.9%6.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

‘My thoughts were distorted’: Woman gets at least 10 years in Rutland fatal shooting2%
VTDigger44%By Alan J. Keays4%7/31/2026, 3:01:13 PM
16-year-old Las Vegas boy arrested in fatal shooting near Santa Monica Pier7%
Las Vegas Review-Journal29%By Caitlin Lilly4%7/24/2026, 5:48:37 AM
Congressional forum in Houston will scrutinize ICE use of force after fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado15%
Houston Chronicle32%By John Wayne Ferguson20% Julián Aguilar32%7/24/2026, 4:00:00 AM
2 fatally shot in Hyde Park6%
Chicago Sun-Times50%By Sun-Times Wire7%7/23/2026, 5:05:32 PM
Family says Houston ICE shooting substance was salt26%
WXII30%By Jason Hanna35% Lauren Mascarenhas35% Norma Galeana35% Ed Lavandera35% CNN51%7/20/2026, 7:21:00 PM
Negativ…59%Appeal …61%Unattri…61%
Man killed in Fuller Park shooting12%
Chicago Sun-Times50%By Sun-Times Wire7%7/18/2026, 7:26:21 AM
Lawmakers demand answers after ‘bombshell’ report about ICE officer shooting in Maine65%
New York Daily News87%By Associated Press74%7/17/2026, 4:50:29 AM
Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston47%
ABC News41%By DAVID PHILLIP Associated Press65% LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press65% SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press65%7/16/2026, 3:49:15 PM
FBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.37%
The Texas Tribune33%By Alex Nguyen51% Uriel J. García36%7/16/2026, 10:22:41 AM
ICE Targeted Wrong Person in Fatal Maine Shooting62%
The New Republic77%By Hafiz Rashid85%7/14/2026, 6:08:31 AM