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Millions on alert for severe weather with dangerous conditions expected ⁠88%

5/17/2026, 11:58:32 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 55.1% saturation with 194 hits. Analysis detected 538 faulty-reasoning hits from 352 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 81.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,152 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 87.20% of the video peer group.

Tonight from dangerous storms to fast-moving fires, millions from coast to coast bracing for severe weather. 
This line of thunderstorms making for a menacing skyline in Kansas. 
Dark clouds unleashing a flurry of hail, some as big as golf balls. 
The rising threat for damaging storms now impacting an estimated 17 million people with tornado potential high. 
This twister churning through Iowa Saturday, one of four confirmed. 
Look at that. 
Farther north, flames forcing Minnesota's governor to call in the National Guard to help contain an outbreak of multiple fires. 
Flames scorching thousands of acres. 
>> [screaming] 
>> Here you can see the sky burning orange, sirens blaring, and police launching an investigation looking for whomever opened fire striking this fire suppression plane. 
The sheriff says no one was hurt. 
Meanwhile in Texas, crews able to slow the spread of the Hungate fire outside Amarillo. 
There were parts of it that were just so so fast-moving that it was hard to comprehend. 
Shelby Crowe's home survived, but tonight she's still uneasy. 
How did it feel knowing it was that close? 
Um nerve-racking. 
I am where my mom evacuates to, and my mom is where I evacuate to. 
So for both of us to be in the same predicament at the same time, it was it was nerve-racking. 
The fire threat stretching all the way to California, where it's already feeling like summer. 
And with gusty winds, red flag warnings will remain in place through Monday. 
Morgan is joining us now, and Morgan, it is only going to get more intense in the hours to come, right? 
Yeah, Hally, that's right. 
The risk of baseball-sized hail, 70-mph wind gusts, and even a potential tornadoes expands to 50 million people starting tomorrow. 
Meanwhile, those in the Northeast staring down a heat wave that could last days on end with some areas expecting temps in high 90s. 
Hallie. 
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
6%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
18.2%
Representativeness Heuristic
3.7%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
4.5%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
55.1%
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
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
4.5%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
54.8%
Begging the Question
6%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
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%

352 words analyzed.

Analysis

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