Oh deer: Indiana firefighters rescue baby deer from rushing floodwater ^⁠86%

5/28/2026, 11:51:53 PM

Topics: Video

BS Summary: This video contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 58.4% saturation with 136 hits. Analysis detected 704 faulty-reasoning hits from 233 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 79.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,432 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 85.50% of the video peer group.

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A flooded street and a courageous rescue.

That's Captain Joe Sinclair, a firefighter in Morgan County, Indiana.

You can see him battling the fast-moving water.

First responders were on the scene helping a person trapped in a car

after a storm when they heard the cries of a baby deer.

But they knew they couldn't leave it behind.

Captain Sinclair braving the floods to catch the baby deer, carrying it to safety with the help of his team.

>> But once I got my foot in and I lined up with the baby deer, I knew that that she was coming to me.

We took on a little bit water, but you know, we got we got her out.

So everybody was just at the right place at the right times.

I'm sure she was relieved just as well as I was.

>> The firefighters taking the deer to a local animal shelter.

>> Still kind of trying to take it all in.

It's a good story. It's a good outcome.

>> Proud of their unexpected save.

>> I feel like any rescue's part of my job description, you know, no matter what it is.

>> We thank you for watching and remember

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Confirmation Bias

Anchoring Bias

Availability Heuristic

8.6%

Representativeness Heuristic

5.6%

Hindsight Bias

5.2%

Overconfidence Bias

18.9%

Framing Effect

7.7%

Loss Aversion

8.6%

Status Quo Bias

7.7%

Sunk Cost Effect

Optimism Bias

14.6%

Pessimism Bias

Negativity Bias

Self-Serving Bias

27.9%

Fundamental Attribution Error

8.6%

Actor-Observer Bias

4.7%

In-Group Bias

Out-Group Homogeneity Bias

Halo Effect

22.3%

Horn Effect

Dunning-Kruger Effect

Recency Bias

12.9%

Primacy Effect

4.3%

Blind-Spot Bias

Ad Hominem

Straw Man

Appeal to Authority

4.3%

False Dilemma

Slippery Slope

Circular Reasoning

7.7%

Hasty Generalization

7.7%

Red Herring

Bandwagon

12%

Appeal to Emotion

58.4%

Begging the Question

6.9%

Post Hoc (False Cause)

5.2%

Tu Quoque

Burden of Proof

3.4%

Appeal to Nature

Composition/Division

Anecdotal

21%

No True Scotsman

6.9%

Ambiguity (Equivocation)

8.2%

Gambler’s Fallacy

Middle Ground

Personal Incredulity

Special Pleading

Genetic Fallacy

Unattributed Quote

Quote-first Misdirection

Biased Writer Voice

Indoctrination

Politically Left Leaning Bias

Politically Right Leaning Bias

Attempt to Sell a Product or Service

233 words analyzed.

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Oh deer: Indiana firefighters rescue baby deer from rushing floodwater ^⁠86%

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Oh deer: Indiana firefighters rescue baby deer from rushing floodwater ^⁠86%