NTD⁠100%

NYPD: Suspect Fatally Shot After Subway Stabbings ⁠96%

4/12/2026, 2:01:47 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 51.7% saturation with 89 hits. Analysis detected 661 faulty-reasoning hits from 172 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 93.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠96% (699 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 95.80% of the video peer group.

SubwayĀ stabbingsĀ inĀ NewĀ YorkĀ City.Ā 
TheĀ NewĀ YorkĀ CityĀ PoliceĀ DepartmentĀ reportingĀ todayĀ thatĀ officersĀ shotĀ aĀ suspectĀ afterĀ threeĀ peopleĀ wereĀ stabbedĀ atĀ Manhattan'sĀ GrandĀ CentralĀ Terminal.Ā 
PoliceĀ sayĀ theĀ suspectĀ calledĀ himselfĀ Lucifer.Ā 
TheĀ manĀ armedĀ withĀ aĀ knifeĀ hadĀ justĀ stabbedĀ multipleĀ peopleĀ onĀ theĀ subwayĀ platform.Ā 
AsĀ theĀ detectivesĀ movedĀ towardĀ theĀ 456Ā platform,Ā theyĀ encounteredĀ oneĀ ofĀ theĀ victimsĀ comingĀ upĀ theĀ stairsĀ confirmingĀ theĀ attack.Ā 
FromĀ theĀ topĀ >>Ā AccordingĀ toĀ NewĀ YorkĀ CityĀ PoliceĀ CommissionerĀ JessicaĀ Tisch,Ā theĀ violenceĀ brokeĀ outĀ aroundĀ 9:40Ā thisĀ morning.Ā 
SheĀ saidĀ theĀ suspect,Ā 44-year-oldĀ AnthonyĀ Griffin,Ā wasĀ carryingĀ aĀ largeĀ knifeĀ describedĀ asĀ aĀ macheteĀ andĀ wasĀ behavingĀ erratically.Ā 
OfficersĀ orderedĀ himĀ atĀ leastĀ 20Ā timesĀ toĀ dropĀ theĀ weapon,Ā butĀ TischĀ saidĀ theĀ suspectĀ approachedĀ theĀ officersĀ withĀ theĀ knifeĀ extended.Ā 
PoliceĀ shotĀ theĀ manĀ andĀ heĀ laterĀ diedĀ fromĀ hisĀ injuries.Ā 
TischĀ saidĀ theĀ incidentĀ wasĀ capturedĀ onĀ policeĀ bodyĀ cameras,Ā includingĀ GriffinĀ repeatedlyĀ statingĀ thatĀ heĀ wasĀ Lucifer.Ā 
Confirmation Bias
49.4%
Anchoring Bias
13.4%
Availability Heuristic
43%
Representativeness Heuristic
4.1%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
34.3%
Loss Aversion
6.4%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
26.7%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
11.6%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
20.3%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
12.2%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
36%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
12.2%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
51.7%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
19.8%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
12.2%
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
30.8%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

172 words analyzed.

Analysis

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