NBC News57%

New video shows moment hero fires at shooter at Idaho In-and-Out 23%

By NBC News65%

8/2/2026, 4:04:15 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 62.7% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 74 faulty-reasoning hits from 59 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31.4% and a BS Rank of 23% (19,614 of 25,185 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.90% of the article peer group.

Police in Idaho are hailing an armed citizen a hero for distracting a gunman who opened fire outside an In-and-Out in Twin Falls, helping save lives. 
Officials say three people were killed and seven others were injured in the shooting. 
NBC News’ Dana Griffin reports from the scene. 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
0%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
18.6%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
0%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
62.7%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
0%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
44.1%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

59 words analyzed.

Analysis

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