ABC News⁠99%

NFL star burglary attempt: Authorities ⁠93%

7/20/2026, 12:50:15 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 49.8% saturation with 124 hits. Analysis detected 869 faulty-reasoning hits from 249 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 88.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠93% (1,387 of 18,747 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 92.60% of the video peer group.

Police say they are investigating yetanother attempted burglary at the home of a high-profile athlete. Authorities say NFL star Saquon Barkley was at home with his family outside of Philadelphia when they were targeted. ABC's Perry Russom has the latest. 
>> Tonight, police outside Philadelphia searching for at least two people accused of breaking into the home of NFL star Saquon Barkley. 
Investigators say the Super Bowl champion was home with his family early Saturday morning when they were targeted. Officers arriving at Barkley's home within minutes. The alleged intruders already gone. Police say it is not clear if anything was stolen. 
>> Like how [clears throat] long were they in the home? >> It was a very short period of time. 
>> Barkley has been outspoken about his love of being a father. >> When you have those kids and you see those kids grow up, you realize that there's so much more in this world than how you how well you run the football. 
Investigators releasing this picture of a white SUV they say may have been involved. There is history of NFL stars' homes being targeted. Last year, police say thieves stole about $200,000 worth of property belonging to Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedur Sanders. 
And in May, three Chilean nationals arrested in Argentina wanted in connection to break-ins at the homes of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes. 
>> Police say the Barkley family was not hurt, Lindsey. 
>> Perry, thank you. 
Confirmation Bias
16.5%
Anchoring Bias
16.1%
Availability Heuristic
49.8%
Representativeness Heuristic
25.7%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
18.9%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
17.7%
Negativity Bias
30.9%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
16.1%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
17.7%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
8.8%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
34.1%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
25.3%
Red Herring
9.2%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
21.7%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
16.5%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
24.1%
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%

249 words analyzed.

Analysis

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