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California candidates for governor address supporters ⁠98%

6/3/2026, 4:23:47 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Self-Serving Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 70.6% saturation with 125 hits. Analysis detected 625 faulty-reasoning hits from 177 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 97.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (458 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 97.90% of the video peer group.

Tonight,Ā theĀ peopleĀ ofĀ theĀ greatĀ stateĀ ofĀ CaliforniaĀ andĀ theĀ greatestĀ nationĀ onĀ EarthĀ haveĀ spoken.Ā 
LoudlyĀ andĀ proudly.Ā 
>>Ā [cheering]Ā 
>>Ā AsĀ yourĀ governor,Ā 
IĀ amĀ readyĀ toĀ leadĀ theĀ fightĀ toĀ upholdĀ California'sĀ promise.Ā 
>>Ā [cheering]Ā 
>>Ā ToĀ makeĀ sureĀ weĀ haveĀ theĀ governanceĀ worthyĀ ofĀ ourĀ gifts.Ā ToĀ ensureĀ everyone,Ā regardlessĀ ofĀ whereĀ youĀ live,Ā whatĀ you'veĀ learned,Ā whoĀ youĀ love,Ā howĀ youĀ 
look,Ā everyoneĀ hasĀ aĀ rungĀ onĀ California'sĀ ladderĀ ofĀ opportunity.Ā 
>>Ā Here'sĀ whatĀ IĀ wantĀ toĀ sayĀ asĀ someoneĀ whoĀ isĀ aĀ newĀ AmericanĀ citizen.Ā 
>>Ā [cheering]Ā 
>>Ā SoĀ proudĀ toĀ beĀ anĀ American.Ā 
SoĀ proudĀ toĀ beĀ aĀ Californian.Ā 
WhatĀ anĀ incredibleĀ honor.Ā 
TheĀ firstĀ timeĀ I'veĀ runĀ forĀ officeĀ overĀ aĀ millionĀ peopleĀ andĀ rising,Ā votingĀ forĀ meĀ toĀ takeĀ thisĀ incredibleĀ stateĀ 
AndĀ IĀ knowĀ thatĀ someĀ ofĀ youĀ mayĀ beĀ 
watchingĀ andĀ saying,Ā "WhoĀ isĀ thisĀ guyĀ withĀ aĀ funnyĀ accent?"Ā 
IĀ amĀ AĀ PROUDĀ AMERICAN.Ā 
I'MĀ ANĀ AMERICANĀ ANDĀ AĀ VERYĀ PROUDĀ CALIFORNIAN.Ā 
>>Ā [cheering]Ā 
>>Ā SoĀ veryĀ proud.Ā 
Confirmation Bias
20.9%
Anchoring Bias
11.9%
Availability Heuristic
11.9%
Representativeness Heuristic
5.6%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
6.2%
Framing Effect
19.2%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
16.9%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
7.9%
Self-Serving Bias
23.2%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
18.1%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
6.2%
Halo Effect
26.6%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
6.2%
Straw Man
6.2%
Appeal to Authority
20.3%
False Dilemma
6.2%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
17.5%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
16.4%
Appeal to Emotion
70.6%
Begging the Question
15.8%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
5.1%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
14.1%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
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
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

177 words analyzed.

Analysis

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