Topic summary
48%17 analyzed articles/videos6,443 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Stabbing results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.1% saturation with 3,520 hits. Analysis detected 22,941 faulty-reasoning hits from 34,871 analyzed words across 17 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 18% (19,653 of 23,966 topics). This Stabbing is better (less manipulative) than 82.00% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.0% percentile
1.5% BS Score17 analyzed articles34.9K 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 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.6%8.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

JUST IN: Man sentenced to 30 years for Pentagon City stabbing that killed wife, wounded baby29%
ARLnow.com9%By ARLnow.com11%8/7/2026, 5:30:26 PM
Anchori…20%Loss Av…10%Negativ…20%Recency…10%
Man Stabbed, Cellphone Stolen in Late-Night Williamsburg Attack2%
BKReader56%By BK Reader Staff45%8/3/2026, 1:11:00 AM
Police investigating downtown Boston stabbing, days after Mayor Wu's private meeting on crime spike69%
Boston Herald53%By Gayla Cawley79%7/31/2026, 4:58:40 PM
Availab…6%Framing…14%Ambigui…20%Unattri…13%
Arraignment delayed for man accused of ‘random’ fatal stabbing of 73-year-old woman at Santa Cruz County mall8%
The Mercury News36%By Gabrielle Gillette6%7/24/2026, 6:53:08 AM
Man Stabs Two In New York City While Allegedly Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’18%
Mediaite83%By Kathryn Wilkens69%7/23/2026, 4:39:25 PM
Upper West Side stabbings: Suspect in custody after bloody attack on two men; possible hate motive investigated24%
amny.com43%By Barbara Russo-Lennon25% Dean Moses54% Robert Pozarycki21%7/23/2026, 1:24:40 PM
Teen with dreams of making the NFL stabbed to death in SoCal as suspects still on the loose44%
California Post94%By Daniel Farr84%7/14/2026, 5:39:51 PM
Boy, 16, arrested for stabbing recent HS grad to death in Brooklyn park24%
New York Daily News87%By Rebecca White60% Roni Jacobson81%6/28/2026, 3:54:41 PM
Penn Station stabber pierced victim’s brain, causing traumatic injury: prosecutors31%
New York Daily News87%By Colin Mixson80%6/12/2026, 3:48:04 PM
What to know about the stabbing that set off fiery riots in Northern Ireland63%
AP News72%By BRIAN MELLEY0%6/10/2026, 10:57:42 PM