Home of ‘Exorcist’ star Linda Blair raided in dog case ⁠55%

By The New York Daily News⁠72%

8/3/2026, 4:28:38 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Availability Heuristic, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 62% saturation with 49 hits. Analysis detected 186 faulty-reasoning hits from 79 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (12,458 of 27,714 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 55.00% of the article peer group.

NEW YORK — Law enforcement officers and animal control officials descended on a property in Southern California owned by “The Exorcist” actress Linda Blair to investigate a large-scale kennel operation she runs out of her home, according to reports. 
The property search, a joint operation between the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control and the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, unfolded on Friday afternoon. 
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