Great white shark seen within feet of swimmers in Southern California ^⁠99%

7/22/2026, 12:26:42 PM

Topics: Video

BS Summary: This video contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 48.6% saturation with 119 hits. Analysis detected 853 faulty-reasoning hits from 245 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 98.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (344 of 19,667 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 98.30% of the video peer group.

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A shocking video off the coast of Southern California, a 10-ft great white shark spotted dangerously close to a group of children swimming north of Los Angeles.

The kids seen smiling and even waving to the drone camera, seemingly unaware that the massive predator was just feet away.

>> I did get nervous and my heartbeat did go a little higher.

>> Carlos Gauna took the terrifying video from about a mile away.

>> So, I'm searching the shores and this particular shark came from the depths and I saw it near the swimmers.

They definitely didn't have any idea. They waved at the drone.

>> The video highlighting what experts say is one of the sharkiest summers in a decade off the California coast, driven by an El Niño weather pattern that's warming up the ocean waters.

But, despite the uptick, Chris Lowe of California Shark Lab tells us that luckily for those in the water, this doesn't actually mean more shark attacks.

>> So, we don't necessarily see a big correlation between shark bites and strong El Niños.

What we do see are more sharks.

>> So many that >> So, there's a shark right there swimming behind you.

>> Did it? Right behind me?

Look at that.

>> There were several swimming by during our interview today with Carlos.

>> This is life every day right now. This summer is insane.

Confirmation Bias

2.9%

Anchoring Bias

Availability Heuristic

21.6%

Representativeness Heuristic

Hindsight Bias

Overconfidence Bias

11%

Framing Effect

44.5%

Loss Aversion

Status Quo Bias

Sunk Cost Effect

Optimism Bias

Pessimism Bias

7.3%

Negativity Bias

45.3%

Self-Serving Bias

5.3%

Fundamental Attribution Error

4.5%

Actor-Observer Bias

In-Group Bias

Out-Group Homogeneity Bias

Halo Effect

8.6%

Horn Effect

Dunning-Kruger Effect

Recency Bias

4.9%

Primacy Effect

1.2%

Blind-Spot Bias

Ad Hominem

Straw Man

Appeal to Authority

24.1%

False Dilemma

Slippery Slope

Circular Reasoning

Hasty Generalization

7.8%

Red Herring

Bandwagon

Appeal to Emotion

48.6%

Begging the Question

Post Hoc (False Cause)

22%

Tu Quoque

Burden of Proof

17.1%

Appeal to Nature

Composition/Division

Anecdotal

40%

No True Scotsman

Ambiguity (Equivocation)

31.4%

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

245 words analyzed.

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Great white shark seen within feet of swimmers in Southern California ^⁠99%

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Great white shark seen within feet of swimmers in Southern California ^⁠99%