BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 54.7% saturation with 88 hits. Analysis detected 492 faulty-reasoning hits from 161 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 35.2% and a BS Rank of 20% (15,091 of 18,815 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 80.20% of the article peer group.
A man was shot and killed early Sunday near Lake Merritt, prompting a police pursuit that ended without any arrests, according to Oakland police sources.
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was found suffering from a gunshot wound around 2:50 a.m. on the 1400 block of Lakeside Drive, near 14th Street, after officers responded to ShotSpotter gunfire detection alerts, the sources said.
Officers chased a white BMW sport utility vehicle speeding away from the scene, but were unable to catch the driver, according to the sources.
A video posted to the Citizen app by a bystander shortly before 4 a.m. showed police lights flashing along the lake, near the Lake Chalet Seafood Bar and Grill.
Authorities have not released the name of the victim or other details about the shooting.
The Oakland Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The shooting marked Oakland’s 29th homicide of the year.
Confirmation Bias
24.8%Confirmation Bias
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24.8%AuthorMichael Barba
4.7%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Anchoring Bias
24.2%Anchoring Bias
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24.2%AuthorMichael Barba
4.5%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Availability Heuristic
39.1%Availability Heuristic
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39.1%AuthorMichael Barba
10.4%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Framing Effect
24.8%Framing Effect
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24.8%AuthorMichael Barba
4.7%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Status Quo Bias
8.1%Status Quo Bias
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8.1%AuthorMichael Barba
1.5%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Negativity Bias
36%Negativity Bias
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36%AuthorMichael Barba
7.8%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
1.3%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Primacy Effect
9.3%Primacy Effect
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9.3%AuthorMichael Barba
1.7%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Appeal to Authority
54.7%Appeal to Authority
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54.7%AuthorMichael Barba
10.3%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Hasty Generalization
5.6%Hasty Generalization
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5.6%AuthorMichael Barba
1%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
2.1%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Anecdotal
18%Anecdotal
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18%AuthorMichael Barba
3.4%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Unattributed Quote
39.1%Unattributed Quote
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39.1%AuthorMichael Barba
7.3%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Biased Writer Voice
21.7%Biased Writer Voice
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21.7%AuthorMichael Barba
4.1%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorMichael Barba
0%PublicationSan Francisco Chronicle
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161 words analyzed.
Analysis
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