Topic summary

⁠1%1 analyzed article/video499 analyzed words

BS Summary: These Police Tactics results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 3.7% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 369 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,497 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠18% (10,057 of 12,171 topics). This Police Tactics is better (less manipulative) than 82.60% of the peer group.

Police Tactics

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Topic details

Total words: 1,497

Article count: 1

Authors

CalMatters Staff

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Attribute Prevalence (Top 48)

Police Tactics attribute prevalence percentages (biases/fallacies), sorted highest to lowest.

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Police Tactics attribute percentages, with an overlaid sitewide baseline for those same attributes.

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CalMatters⁠^39%By CalMatters Staff⁠^2%7/14/2026, 12:10:00 PM