Author: Ben Chapman
Ben Chapman
has 44.4% among authors.
BS Score: 2.8%.
Articles analyzed: 8.
Words analyzed: 13,425.
Analyzed articles
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 6/19/2026, 9:20 PM
Negativity Bias 18.7% - Framing Effect 15.4% - Optimism Bias 12.2%
Shocking newly released LAPD bodycam footage shows the moment an officer fatally shot a beloved family dog after the animal charged toward him — a killing that has sparked outrage from neighbors, activists and the heartbroken owners. The video, released Friday, captures the tense confrontation inside a Canoga Park condo complex just... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 6/15/2026, 7:20 PM
Availability Heuristic 13.3% - Confirmation Bias 11.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 10.8%
Two friends have been killed after being swept into the ocean in Santa Cruz County as dangerous waves battered the California coastline. Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, both of Fremont, were identified as the victims at Bonny Doon Beach last Wednesday, the local sheriff-coroner’s office confirmed. Nair was a legal studies... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman, Brad Appleton
- 6/11/2026, 9:16 PM
Appeal to Emotion 34.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 23% - Negativity Bias 22.6%
The body of a 5-year-old girl who was swept into the water by a massive wave in Laguna Beach has been recovered. The victim, identified as Amada Mia Brown of San Bernardino, was found during searches of the coastline on Thursday. The city said an aerial search by the Laguna Beach Police Department on Thursday led to the discovery. more
California Post
- By Joe Burn, Ben Chapman
- 5/11/2026, 8:30 PM
Biased Writer Voice 42.2% - Negativity Bias 41.6% - Out-Group Homogeneity Bias 22%
The mayor of Arcadia admitted to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China, resigning from her position in a shocking federal plea deal unsealed on Monday. Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 4/24/2026, 11:53 PM
Biased Writer Voice 41.8% - Appeal to Authority 37.2% - Availability Heuristic 29.7%
Fentanyl sales. Arms dealing. Kidnapping. Extortion. Murder. Court documents from Thursday’s massive Mexican Mafia takedown revealed the terrifying alleged crimes of foot soldiers conducting the gang’s sinister business in Southern California. The California Post watched Thursday as FBI agents executed a raid on the bungalow of Andrew... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 4/21/2026, 12:36 AM
Appeal to Emotion 38.8% - Biased Writer Voice 38.8% - Framing Effect 32.9%
Sheriff’s deputies on Monday captured the man suspected of placing his penis on the face of a Whole Foods Market shopper in a twisted sexual assault caught on horrifying in-store video. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jared Paul Estrada, 28, of Valencia, for allegedly committing the sick crime that horrified patrons of the... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 4/17/2026, 3:08 AM
Appeal to Authority 23.9% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 21.7% - Negativity Bias 16.7%
The job began in September, when workers at an impound lot noticed a foul smell coming from a towed Tesla. Seven months later, it would lead to the arrest by Los Angeles cops on Thursday afternoon of singer D4vd, seven months after a runaway girl’s dismembered body was found in the trunk of the pop singer’s abandoned Tesla. Officers with... more
California Post
- By Ben Chapman
- 4/17/2026, 12:28 AM
Negativity Bias 42.6% - Biased Writer Voice 40.1% - Appeal to Authority 32.1%
Rapper D4vd has been arrested on charges of murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas. The star was taken into custody Thursday by the LAPD's robbery-homicide division and is being held without bail, police said. Cops descended on a Hollywood Hills home where the singer had been staying when he was arrested. more