NBC News⁠99%

Social media influencer who helped bring forward Platner allegations: 'The truth is our goal"⁠99%

7/13/2026, 11:41:12 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Begging the Question, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 82.9% saturation with 218 hits. Analysis detected 1,699 faulty-reasoning hits from 248 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (186 of 15,743 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 98.80% of the video peer group.

SocialĀ mediaĀ influencerĀ whoĀ helpedĀ bringĀ forwardĀ PlatnerĀ allegations:Ā 'TheĀ truthĀ isĀ ourĀ goal'Ā 
We'reĀ almostĀ 10Ā yearsĀ sinceĀ theĀ theĀ bigĀ MeĀ TooĀ movementĀ wave.Ā 
WhatĀ canĀ reckoningĀ actionĀ doĀ differentlyĀ thisĀ time?Ā SoĀ thereĀ isn'tĀ aĀ cultureĀ backlash,Ā right?Ā SoĀ itĀ SoĀ notĀ onlyĀ doĀ youĀ helpĀ bringĀ theseĀ storiesĀ toĀ lightĀ andĀ bringĀ theseĀ womenĀ toĀ light,Ā helpĀ protectĀ themĀ goingĀ forward,Ā butĀ alsoĀ keepĀ itĀ going.Ā 
>>Ā IĀ wouldĀ flipĀ theĀ premiseĀ ofĀ theĀ questionĀ becauseĀ IĀ thinkĀ theĀ truthĀ isĀ whenĀ youĀ areĀ challengingĀ structuresĀ ofĀ powerĀ andĀ you'reĀ hopingĀ toĀ takeĀ agencyĀ fromĀ aĀ misogynisticĀ institutionĀ thatĀ hasĀ beenĀ ableĀ toĀ getĀ awayĀ withĀ violenceĀ againstĀ womenĀ andĀ actĀ withĀ impunityĀ forĀ generationsĀ andĀ youĀ sayĀ enoughĀ isĀ enough,Ā thereĀ willĀ beĀ aĀ backlashĀ toĀ that.Ā It'sĀ inevitableĀ andĀ ifĀ thereĀ isn't,Ā we'reĀ probablyĀ notĀ shakingĀ itĀ upĀ enough.Ā 
enough.Ā We'reĀ probablyĀ notĀ makingĀ theĀ differenceĀ thatĀ weĀ setĀ outĀ toĀ makeĀ andĀ ourĀ workĀ movingĀ forwardĀ withĀ EpsteinĀ survivorsĀ toĀ pushĀ forĀ accountabilityĀ there,Ā ourĀ workĀ withĀ uh,Ā youĀ know,Ā theĀ 
theĀ RepublicansĀ whoĀ haveĀ continuouslyĀ takenĀ votesĀ toĀ keepĀ thoseĀ secret,Ā that'sĀ goingĀ toĀ beĀ somethingĀ whereĀ weĀ knowĀ forĀ sureĀ there'sĀ goingĀ toĀ beĀ backlash.Ā 
There'sĀ beenĀ anĀ anĀ incredibleĀ amountĀ ofĀ backlashĀ toĀ theĀ workĀ we'veĀ doneĀ onĀ GarenĀ PlotnerĀ inĀ MaineĀ andĀ folksĀ whoĀ aren'tĀ uh,Ā particularlyĀ pleasedĀ thatĀ weĀ broughtĀ thisĀ forward,Ā butĀ theĀ truthĀ isĀ ourĀ goalĀ isĀ noĀ predatorsĀ inĀ power,Ā periodĀ andĀ weĀ needĀ toĀ changeĀ theĀ storyĀ we'reĀ tellingĀ aboutĀ AmericanĀ women.Ā That'sĀ goingĀ toĀ beĀ controversial.Ā 
Confirmation Bias
29.3%
Anchoring Bias
33.1%
Availability Heuristic
27%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
60.8%
Framing Effect
22.1%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
28.5%
Negativity Bias
82.9%
Self-Serving Bias
12.5%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
9.9%
Halo Effect
22.4%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
12.5%
Primacy Effect
5.3%
Blind-Spot Bias
16.7%
Ad Hominem
9.9%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
45.2%
Slippery Slope
28.5%
Circular Reasoning
12.5%
Hasty Generalization
14.4%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
54.4%
Begging the Question
51%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
39.2%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
22.4%
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
5.3%
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%

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Analysis

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