BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 66.7% saturation with 86 hits. Analysis detected 467 faulty-reasoning hits from 129 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 98.2% and a BS Rank of 99% (407 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 98.10% of the article peer group.
ICE agents have been involved in multiple shootings during vehicle stops and operations, with some incidents resulting in the deaths of bystanders or individuals who were legally present in the US.
Recent high-profile cases include fatal shootings in Houston, Texas, and Biddeford, ME, prompting ICE to suspend most vehicle stops.
While agents often cite threats from vehicles, witness accounts and videos in several cases have raised questions about the use of deadly force, including against US citizens and non-targets.
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Confirmation Bias
22.5%Confirmation Bias
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22.5%AuthorTed Rall
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
38.8%Availability Heuristic
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38.8%AuthorTed Rall
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
12.4%Framing Effect
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12.4%AuthorTed Rall
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
66.7%Negativity Bias
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66.7%AuthorTed Rall
46.3%PublicationWhoWhatWhy
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
14.7%Recency Bias
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14.7%AuthorTed Rall
9.8%PublicationWhoWhatWhy
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
24%Hasty Generalization
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23.5%PublicationWhoWhatWhy
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
18.6%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
14.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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14.7%AuthorTed Rall
4.9%PublicationWhoWhatWhy
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
61.2%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
22.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
24%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
24%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
17.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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129 words analyzed.
Analysis
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