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Californians urged to check their yards and bushes for hidden cameras #camera #shorts #police 95%

5/18/2026, 12:00:26 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 35.3% saturation with 127 hits. Analysis detected 743 faulty-reasoning hits from 360 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91.2% and a BS Rank of 95% (999 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 94.10% of the video peer group.

So, get this. 
Police are urging homeowners across Southern California to check their yards and bushes for hidden cameras. 
Yes, burglary crews are using these devices to target and spy on families. 
Max Gordon joins us live tonight with more details in Los Angeles. 
Max? 
Hey Tummy. 
Well, as if a break-in wasn't violating enough, right? 
Burglary crews might be using hidden cameras to stake out their victims here in Southern California. 
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputies from the San Dimas Sheriff Station were investigating a burglary last week when they discovered a camera with a battery pack connected to a portable hotspot hidden in some bushes. 
Only a week earlier, a landscaper in the neighborhood found another suspicious device, a cell phone connected to a power bank wrapped in green camouflage tape with artificial plants attached to it. 
Law enforcement officials say that potential burglars might use these devices to watch when people leave their homes, identify valuables, and to determine the best time to commit their crime. 
Here's what one concerned neighbor had to say. 
They're putting cameras in very specific areas. 
That's what's scary. 
You know, that they had the one right here as we were talking about and then one down the street. 
So, yeah, very specific areas. 
Law enforcement says to best protect your home, you should inspect your properly property regularly and stay alert for suspicious activity. 
Keep trees and bushes trimmed to reduce hiding spots. 
Use and regularly monitor home security cameras and keep outdoor areas well lit at night. 
And then, if you find a suspicious camera or device, officials say to contact law enforcement immediately. 
Don't touch the device and wait for police to collect it. 
Now, unfamiliar objects in your yard or tiny lenses or reflective surfaces that might also be a tip-off that you're being monitored by an unwanted camera. 
The LA County Sheriff's Office says that if you have your suspicions, you might want to do a flashlight sweep at night since camera lens reflections will be more visible then. 
Confirmation Bias
5.6%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
27.2%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
9.4%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
35.3%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
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
19.7%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
31.9%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
12.5%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
35.3%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
29.4%
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%

360 words analyzed.

Analysis

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