BS Summary: This video contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 85.8% saturation with 103 hits. Analysis detected 658 faulty-reasoning hits from 120 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (69 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 99.60% of the video peer group.
So, a driver in Spokane, Washington is now accused of trying to run over a kid on a bike.
And we want to warn you, the video you're about to see is pretty disturbing, but you can actually see the woman driving on the sidewalk after the child.
The neighbor who shot the video telling ABC News that the driver had been honking and screaming before the boy even showed up.
The witness says that neighbors sprang into action, pulling the boy to safety, and then called 911.
Fortunately, he wasn't hurt.
The sheriff's office did say that the driver is now being charged with assault, trespassing, and yes, DUI.
Confirmation Bias
19.2%Confirmation Bias
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19.2%PublicationABC News
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
65.8%Availability Heuristic
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65.8%PublicationABC News
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
63.3%Framing Effect
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63.3%PublicationABC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%PublicationABC News
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Optimism Bias
3.3%Optimism Bias
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3.3%PublicationABC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%PublicationABC News
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Negativity Bias
66.7%Negativity Bias
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66.7%PublicationABC News
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%PublicationABC News
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Fundamental Attribution Error
15.8%Fundamental Attribution Error
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15.8%PublicationABC News
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Actor-Observer Bias
19.2%Actor-Observer Bias
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19.2%PublicationABC News
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In-Group Bias
14.2%In-Group Bias
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14.2%PublicationABC News
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%PublicationABC News
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%PublicationABC News
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Horn Effect
15.8%Horn Effect
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15.8%PublicationABC News
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%PublicationABC News
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%PublicationABC News
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
15%Appeal to Authority
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15%PublicationABC News
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%PublicationABC News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%PublicationABC News
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationABC News
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Hasty Generalization
8.3%Hasty Generalization
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8.3%PublicationABC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
14.2%Bandwagon
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14.2%PublicationABC News
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Appeal to Emotion
85.8%Appeal to Emotion
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85.8%PublicationABC News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%PublicationABC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%PublicationABC News
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
33.3%Anecdotal
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33.3%PublicationABC News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%PublicationABC News
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%PublicationABC News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
33.3%Unattributed Quote
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33.3%PublicationABC News
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
50.8%Biased Writer Voice
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50.8%PublicationABC News
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Indoctrination
24.2%Indoctrination
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24.2%PublicationABC News
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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120 words analyzed.
Analysis
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