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Oklahoma high school principal takes down gunman ⁠97%

4/15/2026, 3:31:06 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 36.9% saturation with 82 hits. Analysis detected 709 faulty-reasoning hits from 222 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 96.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (498 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 97.00% of the video peer group.

New video of the heartstoppping moments a gunman walks into Paul's Valley High School in Oklahoma. 
You can see a pistol in hand. 
But watch what unfolds next. 
Principal Kirk Moore in the blue shirt emerging from another door and tackling the suspect identified by police as 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, a former student of the school. 
Just feet away, you can see a young person slip out during Moore's fast acting efforts. 
Authorities say the principal was shot in the chaos but managed to get the suspect to drop the gun. 
Another staff member then scrambling to pick it up. 
>> It doesn't surprise me the actions that he took, but it is amazing at the actions that he took. 
There's not a doubt in my mind that he saved kids lives yesterday. 
>> In a statement, Moore said in part, 
"Like so many educators around the country, we prepare for these events. 
I'm grateful that my instincts and training as well as God's hand were available to me." 
The suspect told investigators he was inspired by the Coline school shooting. 
According to an affidavit, he now faces numerous charges, including shooting with intent to kill. 
As a shaken school community is grateful no one was killed thanks to the heroic actions of their principal. 
Confirmation Bias
18.5%
Anchoring Bias
2.3%
Availability Heuristic
17.6%
Representativeness Heuristic
9.5%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
5.9%
Framing Effect
10.4%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
5.4%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
7.2%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
24.3%
Self-Serving Bias
16.2%
Fundamental Attribution Error
5.4%
Actor-Observer Bias
7.2%
In-Group Bias
5.4%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
30.2%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
3.2%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
36.9%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
5.4%
Red Herring
2.3%
Bandwagon
5.4%
Appeal to Emotion
36.9%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
15.8%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
15.3%
Appeal to Nature
7.2%
Composition/Division
8.6%
Anecdotal
9.9%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
7.2%
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%

222 words analyzed.

Analysis

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