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Stats don't support Flock's claim of solving 1 million crimes

By Steve Reilly, Anna Schecter · Sep 30, 2026, 1:07 PM CDT

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Flock has made unsupported or inconsistent statistical claims in the past, according to a CBS News review and criminal justice experts.

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Appeal to AuthorityThe article relies on the credibility of CBS News and unnamed experts to bolster its critique without presenting their specific arguments or evidence.

Negative FramingThe headline frames the story as a refutation, pre‑emptively positioning the claim as false.

Lack of SpecificityThe statement is vague, offering no concrete examples or data to illustrate the alleged inconsistencies.

Context

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Missing context

The article does not provide the actual statistics, the methodology of the CBS News review, the specific experts consulted, or Flock’s own data and response to the criticism.

Important context

Understanding whether the 1 million‑crime figure is credible requires the underlying data, how "solved" is defined, and the criteria used by both Flock and the CBS review.

Opinion vs. reporting

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The piece mixes reporting of a claim (that statistics don’t support Flock’s figure) with evaluative language (“unsupported or inconsistent statistical claims”), leaning toward an interpretive stance rather than pure factual reporting.