Journal Sentinel18%
Large police presence outside Waukesha Meijer 6%
By Chris Ramirez2% Adrienne Davis12%
7/30/2026, 5:54:07 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Authority, and Unattributed Quote, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 64.5% saturation with 71 hits. Analysis detected 289 faulty-reasoning hits from 110 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 21.1% and a BS Rank of 6% (20,996 of 22,244 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.40% of the article peer group.
A large police presence has gathered at the Meijer store in Waukesha.
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter near the scene said at least a half dozen police SUVs are securing the entrances and exit points at the massive retailer located at 801 E.
Sunset Drive.
Details of what happened inside the store are scant at this point.
Waukesha police said they are putting together a staging area for the media, indicating that an update on the matter is imminent.
This is a developing story.
Stay with jsonline.com for updates.
Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
He can be reached at caramirez@usatodayco.com.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
28.2%Availability Heuristic
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28.2%AuthorChris Ramirez
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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
64.5%Framing Effect
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64.5%AuthorChris Ramirez
10.3%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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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
20%Optimism Bias
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20%AuthorChris Ramirez
1.4%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Pessimism Bias
10.9%Pessimism Bias
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10.9%AuthorChris Ramirez
0.8%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Negativity Bias
5.5%Negativity Bias
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5.5%AuthorChris Ramirez
2.8%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorChris Ramirez
1.2%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorChris Ramirez
2.1%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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1.2%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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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
0%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
4.5%Recency Bias
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4.5%AuthorChris Ramirez
0.3%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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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
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
28.2%Appeal to Authority
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28.2%AuthorChris Ramirez
2%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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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
20%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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10.1%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorChris Ramirez
1.9%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorChris Ramirez
5.7%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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1.2%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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2.2%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
28.2%Unattributed Quote
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28.2%AuthorChris Ramirez
2.3%PublicationJournal Sentinel
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
28.2%Biased Writer Voice
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28.2%AuthorChris Ramirez
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Indoctrination
20%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
4.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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110 words analyzed.
Analysis
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