NBC Newsā 99%
4Ā peopleĀ rescuedĀ afterĀ 236-footĀ rideĀ stallsĀ atĀ SixĀ FlagsĀ ā 97%
6/12/2026, 3:54:30 AM
BS Summary: This video contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 58.2% saturation with 57 hits. Analysis detected 429 faulty-reasoning hits from 98 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 95.4% and a BS Rank of ā 97% (677 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 96.90% of the video peer group.
WeĀ noticedĀ thatĀ theyĀ wereĀ stuck.Ā
ThatĀ wasĀ aroundĀ likeĀ 5:00Ā orĀ so.Ā
AndĀ soĀ thenĀ weĀ kindĀ ofĀ gotĀ onĀ allĀ theĀ ridesĀ andĀ weĀ stillĀ noticedĀ thatĀ theyĀ wereĀ upĀ here.Ā
WeĀ noticedĀ thatĀ theĀ fireĀ departmentĀ gotĀ hereĀ maybeĀ likeĀ 30Ā minutesĀ ago,Ā butĀ they'veĀ beenĀ onĀ thereĀ forĀ likeĀ hours.Ā
AndĀ that'sĀ kindĀ ofĀ crazyĀ toĀ meĀ becauseĀ theĀ firstĀ 15Ā minutesĀ thatĀ somebodyĀ isĀ notĀ down,Ā theyĀ shouldĀ haveĀ beenĀ figuringĀ somethingĀ outĀ asĀ fastĀ asĀ theyĀ can.Ā
>>Ā GoĀ scaleĀ boys.Ā
What?Ā
Confirmation Bias
20.4%Confirmation Bias
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20.4%PublicationNBC News
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Anchoring Bias
28.6%Anchoring Bias
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28.6%PublicationNBC News
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Availability Heuristic
58.2%Availability Heuristic
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58.2%PublicationNBC News
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Hindsight Bias
29.6%Hindsight Bias
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29.6%PublicationNBC News
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Overconfidence Bias
29.6%Overconfidence Bias
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29.6%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
10.2%Framing Effect
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10.2%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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0%PublicationNBC News
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Negativity Bias
37.8%Negativity Bias
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37.8%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
29.6%Fundamental Attribution Error
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29.6%PublicationNBC News
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Actor-Observer Bias
6.1%Actor-Observer Bias
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6.1%PublicationNBC News
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In-Group Bias
4.1%In-Group Bias
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4.1%PublicationNBC News
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%PublicationNBC News
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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
0%Recency Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
7.1%Primacy Effect
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7.1%PublicationNBC News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%PublicationNBC News
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Hasty Generalization
35.7%Hasty Generalization
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35.7%PublicationNBC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Appeal to Emotion
43.9%Appeal to Emotion
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43.9%PublicationNBC News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
21.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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21.4%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
48%Anecdotal
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48%PublicationNBC News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
8.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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8.2%PublicationNBC News
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Gamblerās Fallacy
0%Gamblerās Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
1%Personal Incredulity
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1%PublicationNBC News
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
4.1%Unattributed Quote
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4.1%PublicationNBC News
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
14.3%Biased Writer Voice
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14.3%PublicationNBC News
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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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98 words analyzed.
Analysis
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