Topic summary
63%14 analyzed articles/videos5,367 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Violent Crime results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 1,948 hits. Analysis detected 11,544 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,522 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 13% (21,411 of 24,545 topics). This Violent Crime is better (less manipulative) than 87.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.8% percentile
1.3% BS Score14 analyzed articles21.5K 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 4.6%4.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.5%6.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Man charged with beating 99-year-old Milwaukee woman headed for trial9%
Journal Sentinel5%By Chris Ramirez4%8/7/2026, 3:42:01 PM
Myers Flat Man Gets 8-Year Sentence for Threatening Neighbor, DA's Office Says4%
Lost Coast Outpost22%By LoCO Staff23%8/6/2026, 10:10:30 AM
Charlotte man gets 10-year prison sentence after shooting spree on I-48510%
qcitymetro.com16%By Glenn H. Burkins20%8/5/2026, 12:37:23 AM
Charlotte repeat offender charged with killing man hours after release on bond35%
Fox News94%8/3/2026, 5:31:26 AM
Negativ…12%Fundame…11%
Postal worker stabbed at Carmel post office; Rockland man arrested2%
The Journal News3%By Alexandra Rivera13% Jonathan Bandler53%7/31/2026, 8:34:58 AM
Brooklyn cab driver shot in face following fender bender, second violent road rage attack in NYC in two days32%
New York Daily News87%By Emma Seiwell70%7/24/2026, 6:11:26 AM
Witness to shooting in downtown Casper told police she ‘felt rounds pass near her head’15%
Oil City News13%By Greg Hirst6%7/22/2026, 4:25:48 PM
Midtown knife attack: Three injured, one man arrested in bloody end to Times Square fight17%
amny.com46%By Dean Moses54%7/22/2026, 5:35:46 AM
Maine voters, once loyal to Platner, abandon him after sexual assault allegation55%
The Washington Post97%By Praveena Somasundaram97%7/7/2026, 2:19:57 PM
Woman stabbed to death by close friend during boozy bbq outside their Bronx building37%
New York Daily News87%By Rebecca White61% John Annese78% Kerry Burke56% Roni Jacobson81%7/6/2026, 6:26:06 AM