Here's the challenge: Point out the bias in this article.
Placed are subtle hints here and there to help with the analysis.

Bonus points: Which common English noun is missing from this "reporter's" lexicon?
For all of the Wheel of Fortune© fans, there is a hint below the photo.


Motorcyclist fleeing police killed after crashing into parked car


UNION CITY, Calif. -


"Police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash involving a man who fled from officers Friday night, crashing the stolen motorcycle into a parked car in Union City.

Officers spotted a man riding a motorcycle without a helmet and when he noticed them he took off through Charles F. Kennedy Park at a high rate of speed, according to a release from Union City police.

Officers tried to turn their vehicle around and lost sight of the Motorcyclist.

When they later checked the area, officers discovered that the Motorcyclist had crashed into a parked vehicle near 13th and I streets.

The Motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police did not provide a time of the incident.
Police also didn't say from what city the motorcycle had been reported stolen from. "








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The link is NFG
Motorcyclist sound legit except when it's stolen then the rider is a motorcycling Thief

Being picky for bonus points...last sentence is grammatically incorrect. Need to exclude “from” at the end of the sentence. And no amount of buffing in the world is gonna help that poor motorcycle...

I don't like the word choice "killed", especially when placed right after the word "police". I think the better way to put it is "Motorcycle thief dies trying to outrun police".

Alleged/allegedly are adjective/adverb, but I notice they are missing.

"Police are allegedly investigating an allegedly deadly motorcycle crash involving an alleged man who allegedly fled from alleged officers allegedly Friday night, allegedly crashing the allegedly stolen motorcycle into an allegedly parked car in alleged Union City.

Missing noun? A: Bastard; as in poor, dumb bastard

From the damage to the motorcycle, it looks to me like the motorcyclist crashed, then hit the car. Either that or he wasn't going very fast.

My 60 mph into a stopped car was a full velocity, direct impact that shredded everything to the rear taillight.

I would assume that tree was the initial point of impact, the car secondary.

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Originally posted by shovelhead:
I would assume that tree was the initial point of impact, the car secondary.

Thats the first thing I thought of. The car has minimal damage and was more of a landing spot. Trees always win.

Seems he was better at stealing than riding. I'm glad he won't be doing any more of either. I despise thieves, and he was a menace to bystanders when he was on the bike.

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Originally posted by whanson_wi:
Seems he was better at stealing than riding. I'm glad he won't be doing any more of either. I despise thieves, and he was a menace to bystanders when he was on the bike.

And some poor dude is missing his bike -- the real victim in all this.

Feel bad for the dude missing his bike, whoever owned the car, the tree...

At least the (unnamed) second rate sack of shit won't steal another bike.

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I like the phrase, "suicycle" as in:
"Suicide" on a "Motorcycle" is a "Sui-cycle"

The thief committed "Sui-cycle" when he attempted to flee from Law Enforcement on the stolen motorcycle.

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Theif was doing, Tree fitty.... and, barked up, the wrong tree.

Shame about the bike. There is good news though, the thief has been rehabilitated. His recidivism rate will be zero from here on out. He will go forth and sin no more. Don’t you just love a happy ending?

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Youse guys are just mean. Feel some pain for the poor deadified guy. He had a job, but now the former employer will need to find a replacement. Its a tough job market. And the street under the cycle is now a biohazard zone. Who will clean that up? Not a job I want. More likely the public servants, so to speak, just won't bother and it'll get tracked all over town and on the underside of fenders and tires. OK, the topside of tires, too.

And how about the children he's left unsupported? His poor mother and crippled aunt who has to cross the street unattended? Will no one speak up and say he was a good child? Worse, his refrigerator was full of meat and milk. It'll spoil and then rot, making his apartment smell really bad. Someone's got to clean it up.

Was he really fleeing from the police? They weren't even going the same direction. The article said they had to turn their car around. OK, our car because as I understand it, police don't buy their own cars. Had the cops in question just continued on to the doughnut place for another snack, the vendors of coffee would enjoy increased sales. But now that they decided to killify the carefree rider, he's past any additional help. But now he's been forced to bruise the tree, its not happy either. All because the locals just couldn't leave well enough alone.

What about the former owner of the bike? He's still got to make payments on it. It seems likely had the deadified guy been allowed to finish his evening joy ride, he'd have reparked it back where he got it. Might even have filled it with gas to make up for what he used. But not now all because he might have been chased. Why are cops so stupid as to think they can catch a bike anyway, one with a head start? Had they used just a bit of common sense, the joyrider would have continued on his merry way. All for nothing.

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Officers tried to turn their vehicle around and lost sight of the Motorcyclist.
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When they later checked the area, officers discovered that the Motorcyclist had crashed into a parked vehicle near 13th and I streets.

Not only does the article fail to correctly categorize the rider as thief, the headline makes it sound like this was a hot pursuit. Cops had lost the trail, and the thief killed himself, by himself, making his getaway.

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Originally posted by rburg:
Youse guys are just mean. Feel some pain for the poor deadified guy.

He was trying to turn his life around, but then........{fill in the blank}........

Well, I have to defend the writer here on one small issue: for not calling the guy a thief.

Why? We actually do not know if this is the guy who actually stole the motorcycle. He might have traded drugs for it, traded a stolen car or a gun for it, bought it for $50 knowing it was stolen, etc. We just don't have sufficient info to prove he stole it.

That's why you see a lot of people pleading to "possessing stolen property" even though we know they stole a car; we just can't prove who actually stole it, even though the bad guy is driving it.

Just my two cents.

Did the thief, oops rider, have a motorcycle endorsement? Was the stolen motorcycle licensed and insured in his name? If not he stole it until proved otherwise IMO.

Ouch
That’s gonna leave a mark