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Dangerous weather continues to slam parts of the country ⁠97%

4/12/2026, 11:48:57 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 83.3% saturation with 210 hits. Analysis detected 1,085 faulty-reasoning hits from 252 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 94.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (645 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 96.20% of the video peer group.

Tornado in progress. 
>> This tornado ripping through a Nebraska field. 
Part of the dangerous weather continuing to slam parts of the country. 
>> Oh my god. Big funnel. 
>> Thunderstorms in Kansas leading to fastmoving flood waters. 
Tonight, millions of Americans are on alert for severe weather. 
>> The entire state of Hawaii is at risk for flash flooding and landslides. 
Massive boulders threatening drivers as the ground comes loose. 
>> Days of downpours have filled creeks and emptied busy tourist areas. Every Hawaiian island is under a flood watch through Monday afternoon. 
>> It's like being in CO again. There's just no one here and there's no one coming. 
>> Heavy snow in California stopping 18-wheelers on the roads. 
Some parts of the state covered in more than 18 in overnight. 
In Texas, heavy rain flooding streets. 
Today, six million people from San Antonio to Austin are facing the risk of large hail, high winds, and possible tornadoes. 
>> You can feel the heat, too. Now, 
>> and on the East Coast, wildfires burning dangerously close to homes in New Jersey. 
>> Wow, that's huge. 
>> State firefighters dousing 160 acres Saturday as most of the country battles an intense spring season and braces for more weather threats still ahead. 
Chandler, NBC News. 
>> We thank you for watching and remember, stay updated on breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or watch live on our YouTube channel. 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
4.8%
Availability Heuristic
52%
Representativeness Heuristic
4.8%
Hindsight Bias
9.1%
Overconfidence Bias
4.8%
Framing Effect
53.6%
Loss Aversion
19.4%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
1.6%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
61.1%
Self-Serving Bias
6.7%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
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
14.7%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
5.6%
Slippery Slope
9.9%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
9.5%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
12.3%
Appeal to Emotion
83.3%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
11.1%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
11.1%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
24.6%
Anecdotal
6.7%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
1.6%
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
11.1%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
11.1%

252 words analyzed.

Analysis

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