The phrase "a shocking piece of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is surprising or disturbing, often in a negative context.
Example: "The documentary revealed a shocking piece of evidence that changed the entire narrative of the case."
Alternatives: "an alarming instance of" or "a startling example of".
A Guardian article by Seumas Milne was described as "a shocking piece of crass misrepresentation".
His father replies: "Maybe". It is a shocking piece of moral ambiguity in the Superman universe, where what is right and wrong have traditionally been clear.
I had just finished dinner with my wife at home in Irbil when a journalist friend of mine called with a shocking piece of news.
It was a shocking piece of skulduggery compounded by the majority of the Irish team calling for the keeper to be sent off.
The Holocaust documentary "Prisoner of Paradise" is built around a shocking piece of information: that a performer was so consumed by the need to express himself before an audience that he participated in a horrifying lie.
Howard C. Peterson, chair man of the Fidelity Bank of Philadelphia, used stronger lan guage than anyone else at the convention when he called the Trade Act of 1970 "a shocking piece of legislation" because it marked the return of the United States to protectionist policies.
At an appearance at a Nashville charity event Tuesday, Fisher, the Tennessee Titans' coach, removed his shirt to reveal a rather shocking piece of apparel: a Peyton Manning jersey.
Or, you might say, al-Qaida's: this was, after all, an attack meticulously planned for live TV, a supreme, shocking piece of political theatre.
"So it's a pretty shocking piece of research that shows we trust people who we feel are like ourselves and are not out to promote something.
"It was a shocking piece," said her professor, Linda Armstrong.
It was primarily a powerful and shocking piece of human testimony but the journalist had the time as well as the responsibility to be clear about the status and source of the numbers.
