BS Summary: This video contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 92.9% saturation with 79 hits. Analysis detected 476 faulty-reasoning hits from 85 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 95.9% and a BS Rank of 98% (558 of 25,563 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 97.80% of the video peer group.
Devastation in Wisconsin after an apparent monster tornado tore through the Appleton area, leaving entire neighborhoods flattened and mangled vehicles scattered across this highway.
>> There it goes.
>> The monster twister, part of a powerful system that slammed multiple states.
>> Those are like golf balls.
>> Dumping large hail and bands of heavy rain on the Chicago area and causing travel headaches.
Passengers waiting in long lines at Chicago O'Hare as delays and cancellations piled up.
Confirmation Bias
48.2%Confirmation Bias
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48.2%PublicationNBC News
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Anchoring Bias
7.1%Anchoring Bias
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7.1%PublicationNBC News
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Availability Heuristic
48.2%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
15.3%Representativeness Heuristic
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15.3%PublicationNBC News
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
15.3%Overconfidence Bias
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15.3%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
71.8%Framing Effect
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71.8%PublicationNBC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
16.5%Sunk Cost Effect
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16.5%PublicationNBC News
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Negativity Bias
72.9%Negativity Bias
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72.9%PublicationNBC News
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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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
21.2%Recency Bias
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21.2%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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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
15.3%Appeal to Authority
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15.3%PublicationNBC News
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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
28.2%Hasty Generalization
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28.2%PublicationNBC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
92.9%Appeal to Emotion
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92.9%PublicationNBC News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
72.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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72.9%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
11.8%Anecdotal
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11.8%PublicationNBC News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
22.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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22.4%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
0%Unattributed Quote
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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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85 words analyzed.
Analysis
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