Topic summary
39%13 analyzed articles/videos10,004 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Crime & Courts results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 3,650 hits. Analysis detected 28,787 faulty-reasoning hits from 41,495 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (12,375 of 13,223 topics). This Crime & Courts is better (less manipulative) than 93.60% of the peer group.
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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)
Crime & Courts attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.
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Crime & Courts vs sitewide
Crime & Courts attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

Analyzed articles and videos

Gang member recruited accomplices on Instagram for a multimillion-dollar scheme, prosecutors say14%
Los Angeles Times80%By Seamus Bozeman7%7/17/2026, 10:00:00 AM
U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn charged with damaging Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool32%
NBC News38%By Ryan J. Reilly0% Marco Gacina0% Minyvonne Burke0%7/2/2026, 10:00:09 PM
Veteran actor James Handy fatally stabbed in Tarzana; girlfriend’s son is arrested2%
Los Angeles Times80%By Emily St. Martin0%6/5/2026, 12:56:35 AM
What we know about the teens accused of attacking San Diego Islamic Center, killing 38%
Los Angeles Times80%By Richard Winton0% Hannah Fry50% Salvador Hernandez51% Clara Harter67%5/19/2026, 5:30:25 AM
Suspected arsonist behind Palisades fire looked up to Luigi Mangione as hero, prosecutors say33%
Los Angeles Times80%By Richard Winton0%5/4/2026, 9:05:52 PM
Steven Tyler is headed to trial after child sexual assault claims6%
Los Angeles Times80%By Cerys Davies0%5/1/2026, 9:58:49 PM
San Diego man admits impersonating a Border Patrol agent to disrupt deportations1%
Los Angeles Times80%By Summer Lin62%4/29/2026, 6:19:47 PM
Another woman accuses Swalwell of sexual assault; says she was drugged in Beverly Hills in 20185%
Los Angeles Times80%By Rebecca Ellis0% Melody Gutierrez0%4/14/2026, 5:32:12 PM
State senator sues Sacramento, accuses police of fabricating evidence in ‘retaliatory’ DUI arrest56%
Los Angeles Times80%By Clara Harter67%4/7/2026, 10:00:00 AM
The loophole that keeps a Trump loyalist serving as L.A.’s top federal prosecutor55%
Los Angeles Times80%By James Queally0% Brittny Mejia69% Kevin Rector0%4/4/2026, 10:00:00 AM