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‘Gimme Your Hand!’ Cop Saves Man From Burning Car By Pulling Him Out of the Window 45%

By Sean James70%

7/19/2026, 5:46:04 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Optimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 18.1% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 523 faulty-reasoning hits from 387 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 47.4% and a BS Rank of 45% (12,207 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 55.80% of the article peer group.

A routine traffic stop on Saturday turned into a heroic moment when a Texas cop pulled a man out of his car, right before it burst into flames. 
“Get out, get out, get out! 
Get out of the car!” 
the officer could be heard yelling on body camera footage obtained by Fox News. 
“Come out through the window! 
Hey! 
Come out through the window, sir. 
Come out through the window, now. 
Gimme your hand!” 
Fox News reported the officer was Corporal Joshua Swisher from the Southlake Police Department. 
Swisher was seen on his dash cam rushing up to the burning Nissan and urging the male driver to get out ASAP. 
Flames and smoke from the bottom of the vehicle started engulfing the car as Swisher approached the window. 
The cop tossed a black glove on his right hand and smashed the window to give the driver more space to exit; he then reached in and helped the man get out of the vehicle. 
The unidentified driver was the only person inside. 
Fox 4 in Dallas reported Swisher was pulling over a Mercedes for speeding when the smoking Nissan pulled ahead and parked. 
Swisher quickly pivoted to helping the Nissan driver, who the officer said was suffering from shock because his door would not open. 
“I could not even see inside the vehicle. 
The only thing I saw was hands, and it was the driver trying to get his door open from the inside,” Swisher told Fox 4. 
“He grabbed onto me. 
We got him out of the car, shortly before the interior went up in flames.” 
Fox 4 reported Swisher had some burnt hairs on his arm, but was able to finish the rest of his shift. 
As for the speeding Benz, Shapiro he took it easy because the driver had just visited a family member at the hospital. 
“It was going to be a ticket, but luckily for them, it was a warning because I had a lot of other stuff going on. 
They got off with a warning,” he said. 
Watch above via Fox News . 
The post ‘Gimme Your Hand!’ 
Cop Saves Man From Burning Car By Pulling Him Out of the Window first appeared on Mediaite . 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Sean James: 5.0%Mediaite: 5.0%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.7%Mediaite: 0.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 3.6%Sean James: 3.5%Mediaite: 3.8%Availability Heuristic3.6%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.5%Mediaite: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 3.9%Sean James: 1.4%Mediaite: 0.7%Hindsight Bias3.9%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 2.6%Mediaite: 2.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 8.8%Sean James: 8.8%Mediaite: 9.1%Framing Effect8.8%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.5%Mediaite: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.1%Mediaite: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.0%Mediaite: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 14.7%Sean James: 2.1%Mediaite: 1.2%Optimism Bias14.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.1%Mediaite: 1.6%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 14.0%Mediaite: 14.7%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 6.5%Sean James: 1.3%Mediaite: 1.6%Self-Serving Bias6.5%This article: 5.7%Sean James: 1.7%Mediaite: 1.7%Fundamental Attribution Error5.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.4%Mediaite: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.7%Mediaite: 2.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 3.2%Mediaite: 2.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 12.7%Sean James: 2.6%Mediaite: 1.3%Halo Effect12.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.3%Mediaite: 0.7%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.0%Mediaite: 0.1%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.7%Sean James: 3.3%Mediaite: 2.3%Recency Bias4.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.2%Mediaite: 0.6%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.2%Mediaite: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 5.0%Mediaite: 3.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.0%Mediaite: 1.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 18.1%Sean James: 2.5%Mediaite: 3.5%Appeal to Authority18.1%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 2.6%Mediaite: 2.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.3%Mediaite: 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.5%Mediaite: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 8.0%Mediaite: 7.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.3%Mediaite: 0.4%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.4%Mediaite: 0.9%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.8%Sean James: 7.9%Mediaite: 6.6%Appeal to Emotion0.8%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.0%Mediaite: 1.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 5.7%Sean James: 2.7%Mediaite: 2.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)5.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.1%Mediaite: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.7%Mediaite: 1.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.0%Mediaite: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.4%Mediaite: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 7.2%Sean James: 1.8%Mediaite: 3.0%Anecdotal7.2%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.2%Mediaite: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 5.7%Sean James: 2.2%Mediaite: 2.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)5.7%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.0%Mediaite: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.1%Mediaite: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.6%Mediaite: 0.3%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 0.1%Mediaite: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.0%Mediaite: 0.6%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 16.3%Sean James: 3.0%Mediaite: 3.3%Unattributed Quote16.3%This article: 0.8%Sean James: 2.8%Mediaite: 3.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.8%This article: 12.9%Sean James: 9.4%Mediaite: 8.3%Biased Writer Voice12.9%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.5%Mediaite: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.1%Mediaite: 2.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sean James: 1.8%Mediaite: 1.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.2%Sean James: 1.5%Mediaite: 1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.2%

387 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers49%attributed speech197writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageFox News • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageFox News • 14 words • 0.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageFox 4 in Dallas • 21 words • 0.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 22 words • 100.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 8 words • 0.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 25 words • 100.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 4 words • 0.0% coverageJoshua Swisher • 15 words • 0.0% coverageFox 4 in Dallas • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageFox News • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageMediaite • 18 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Fox 4 in Dallas

100%flagged-word coverage
42 attributed words22% of attributed speech72% writer coverage
0%10.0%20.0%Unattributed Quote-19.3 ptsWriter: 19.3%Fox 4 in Dallas: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-14.2 ptsWriter: 14.2%Fox 4 in Dallas: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-1.5 ptsWriter: 1.5%Fox 4 in Dallas: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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