Baltimore Sun28%
Police: Fells Point checkpoints will continue; council member advises limits 64%
By Brian Carlton0% Chevall Pryce0%
7/23/2026, 9:05:49 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Framing Effect, and Status Quo Bias, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 62.9% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 325 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 58.6% and a BS Rank of 64% (7,936 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 63.70% of the article peer group.
Baltimore Police officials told The Baltimore Sun they will continue using weekend roadblocks and checkpoint-style traffic controls as needed in Fells Point, doubling down on one of the city's most visible responses to "teen takeovers" and crime this summer.
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Confirmation Bias
62.9%Confirmation Bias
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
41.9%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Availability Heuristic
62.9%Availability Heuristic
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Framing Effect
62.9%Framing Effect
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
26.3%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Status Quo Bias
62.9%Status Quo Bias
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Negativity Bias
62.9%Negativity Bias
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
41.9%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Recency Bias
62.9%Recency Bias
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Appeal to Authority
62.9%Appeal to Authority
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Biased Writer Voice
62.9%Biased Writer Voice
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62.9%AuthorBrian Carlton
21%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
0%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorBrian Carlton
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
21%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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21%AuthorBrian Carlton
11.3%PublicationBaltimore Sun
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62 words analyzed.
Analysis
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