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Dozens of reported tornadoes leave devastation across Midwest ⁠94%

4/18/2026, 11:47:36 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 48.1% saturation with 187 hits. Analysis detected 1,095 faulty-reasoning hits from 389 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 90.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠94% (1,035 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 93.80% of the video peer group.

Tonight, the tornado terror. 
>> Oh my god, look at the >> touching down in states all over the Midwest. 
>> Tornado on the ground >> at points. 
>> Is that what the >> leaving residents at a loss for words? 
>> I know that ain't no tornado and I'm out here. 
>> Just look at this scene from Lena, Illinois. 
Dramatic images from a live stream of a preliminary high-end EF2. A wall of clouds moving in as visibility becomes almost non-existent. 
Here it is from another angle. Equally horrifying. The 
village of Lena posting that while there is still much to assess, one thing is already clear. Our community is strong. 
>> She's coming right at us. 
>> In total, residents reporting three dozen tornadoes in seven different states, including Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. 
>> I thought I better go to the basement, and I didn't get it to the basement, and I heard this roar, and I dropped to my knees. 
So far, no fatalities as the devastating aftermath becomes clear from the ground in Ringle, Wisconsin. 
>> This is absolutely insane. Oh my god. 
>> To the air in Rochester, Minnesota. 
Today, risks of severe weather dropping significantly, though millions still remain under some form of threat, including in Texas, where a wave of hail hit Tyler this morning. 
Still some relief tonight, too, from places pounded by flooding like Rock County, Wisconsin. 
>> We had 724 911 calls that came in between 5:00 p.m. and 900 p.m. 
>> And in Shboen, Michigan, water levels dipping by a dam at risk of structural failure. 
>> And Sam Brock joins us live tonight from New York's Central Park. Sam, what kind of weather changes are we expecting moving forward? 
>> Sure, Jose. So, in addition to the stormy conditions that we just saw around the country, we've seen something of a heat surge here in the Northeast. 
Many cities topping 90° Jose earlier in the week. 
It is absolutely perfect right now, but by Monday, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, completing the weather roller coaster. 
Jose, back to you. 
>> 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
8.7%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
27.5%
Representativeness Heuristic
2.1%
Hindsight Bias
4.1%
Overconfidence Bias
4.4%
Framing Effect
22.1%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
7.2%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
5.1%
Pessimism Bias
9.8%
Negativity Bias
33.7%
Self-Serving Bias
2.8%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
7.2%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
5.4%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
2.8%
Recency Bias
9.5%
Primacy Effect
6.2%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
6.2%
False Dilemma
10.5%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
13.6%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
6.2%
Appeal to Emotion
48.1%
Begging the Question
5.4%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
7.2%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
3.9%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
18%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
3.9%
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%

389 words analyzed.

Analysis

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