ABC News98%

Several water rescues after flash floods in Milwaukee 98%

4/16/2026, 11:51:15 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 75.9% saturation with 164 hits. Analysis detected 846 faulty-reasoning hits from 216 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 97.2% and a BS Rank of 98% (404 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 97.60% of the video peer group.

Overnight, a state of emergency declared 
in Wisconsin. Powerful storms slamming the Midwest after days of severe weather 
across the region. Heavy rain flooding roads in Milwaukee, leaving drivers stranded, prompting multiple water rescues. 
>> Those cars are stuck in there. 
>> The mayor and police urging people to stay off the roads. 
>> I'm going to get stuck. 
>> This driver heeded the warning and turned around, but later another driver taking his chances. His car stalling. He was forced to walk out on foot. 
The water more than waste deep in some areas. 
Major freeways forced to shut down. The downpour even spilling inside the Milwaukee Brewers Stadium. 
A possible twister tearing through Clinton, Missouri, damaging homes, businesses, and power lines. 
>> We're very fortunate tonight cuz this could have been way worse. 
The >> system also unleashing golf balls sized hail, shattering car windows. My entire Tesla roof was so close to just shattering all over me. My entire mirror just broke off. 
At least the cover part. My whole windshield is broke. 
>> And these impacted areas are not in the clear just yet. Many of the same areas now bracing for possibly more severe weather tomorrow. Michael. 
>> All right, Alex. Thank you. 
Confirmation Bias
12.5%
Anchoring Bias
2.8%
Availability Heuristic
38.9%
Representativeness Heuristic
5.6%
Hindsight Bias
5.6%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
18.1%
Loss Aversion
4.6%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
5.6%
Pessimism Bias
19.4%
Negativity Bias
75.9%
Self-Serving Bias
5.6%
Fundamental Attribution Error
12.5%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
19%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
8.3%
False Dilemma
12.5%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
6%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
32.4%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
19.9%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
20.4%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
33.8%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
27.8%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
4.6%
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%

216 words analyzed.

Analysis

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