NBC News99%
McDonald's employees throw a birthday party for a special customer 92%
3/30/2026, 11:15:50 AM
BS Summary: This video contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Halo Effect, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 62.3% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 233 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 87% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,449 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 91.40% of the video peer group.
Happy birthday, dear.
Happy birthday to you.
>> 95 is a big deal.
And we wanted her to celebrate in style.
So, we kind of went all out.
>> The holy cat, what's going on?
>> She just loves her hamburgers and fries
and diet coke. Thank you.
She's excited to celebrate with her
friends at her favorite restaurant.
Confirmation Bias
7.2%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
15.9%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
11.6%Representativeness Heuristic
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11.6%PublicationNBC News
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
8.7%Overconfidence Bias
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8.7%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
23.2%Framing Effect
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23.2%PublicationNBC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
8.7%Status Quo Bias
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8.7%PublicationNBC News
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Sunk Cost Effect
10.1%Sunk Cost Effect
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10.1%PublicationNBC News
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Optimism Bias
10.1%Optimism Bias
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10.1%PublicationNBC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Negativity Bias
10.1%Negativity Bias
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10.1%PublicationNBC News
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Self-Serving Bias
18.8%Self-Serving Bias
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18.8%PublicationNBC News
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Actor-Observer Bias
8.7%Actor-Observer Bias
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8.7%PublicationNBC News
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In-Group Bias
11.6%In-Group Bias
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11.6%PublicationNBC News
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
33.3%Halo Effect
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33.3%PublicationNBC News
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
4.3%Primacy Effect
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4.3%PublicationNBC News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
62.3%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
8.7%Begging the Question
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8.7%PublicationNBC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
26.1%Anecdotal
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26.1%PublicationNBC News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
18.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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18.8%PublicationNBC News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
39.1%Unattributed Quote
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39.1%PublicationNBC News
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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69 words analyzed.
Analysis
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