Tag: Chicago Police ⁠41%

By NBC Chicago Staff⁠63%

8/1/2026, 7:00:21 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Loss Aversion, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 66.5% saturation with 137 hits. Analysis detected 358 faulty-reasoning hits from 206 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 39.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (15,513 of 26,272 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 59.00% of the article peer group.

3 people found dead in Chicago Lawn apartment, police say 
4 NW suburban teens killed after car speeds off bridge, crashes into train in Chicago 
Dog shot by Chicago police after girl, woman attacked in North Lawndale 
Three killed when driver fleeing police careens off bridge, hits train 
Four dead after driver fleeing traffic stop careens off bridge, strikes train 
5-year-old boy among 2 shot in Little Italy, Chicago police say 
Chicago police officer, 3 others injured in Albany Park shooting 
Chicago SWAT officer was shot by hostage-taker in Albany Park, police say 
Chicago SWAT officer shot by hostage-taker in Albany Park: Police 
Video raises questions about Chicago police-involved crash 
Woman questions CPD crash account after video appears to contradict narrative 
See scene of SWAT-involved shooting that left multiple people injured 
Chicago SWAT officer among multiple people shot in Albany Park 
Chicago Police Supt. 
Larry Snelling marks final day 
Chicago police Supt. 
Larry Snelling retires after 3 years leading the department 
Chicago police top cop Larry Snelling announces retirement 
Larry Snelling to step down as Chicago's top cop later this month 
Cook County Crime Stoppers in need of critical funding to continue with operations 
Cook County Crime Stoppers seeks funding to continue operations 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 8.7%NBC Chicago Staff: 2.2%NBC Chicago: 0.5%Confirmation Bias8.7%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 10.2%NBC Chicago Staff: 2.5%NBC Chicago: 2.1%Availability Heuristic10.2%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 32.5%NBC Chicago Staff: 10.3%NBC Chicago: 6.1%Framing Effect32.5%This article: 10.7%NBC Chicago Staff: 2.7%NBC Chicago: 0.8%Loss Aversion10.7%This article: 4.4%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.1%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Status Quo Bias4.4%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.4%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 66.5%NBC Chicago Staff: 31.9%NBC Chicago: 11.0%Negativity Bias66.5%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 4.9%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.2%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias4.9%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.2%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.9%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.2%NBC Chicago: 1.2%Recency Bias4.9%This article: 6.3%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.6%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Primacy Effect6.3%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.3%NBC Chicago: 1.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 2.3%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 1.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 5.3%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.3%NBC Chicago: 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)5.3%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.3%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.3%NBC Chicago: 1.1%Unattributed Quote5.3%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 3.4%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.8%NBC Chicago: 6.5%Biased Writer Voice3.4%This article: 6.3%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.6%NBC Chicago: 0.6%Indoctrination6.3%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC Chicago Staff: 0.0%NBC Chicago: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 4.4%NBC Chicago Staff: 1.1%NBC Chicago: 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…4.4%

206 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers21%attributed speech163writer words
100%flagged-word coverage
9 attributed words21% of attributed speech94% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Cook County Crime Stoppers: 100.0%100.0%Indoctrination-8.0 ptsWriter: 8.0%Cook County Crime Stoppers: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-6.7 ptsWriter: 6.7%Cook County Crime Stoppers: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-4.3 ptsWriter: 4.3%Cook County Crime Stoppers: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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