NBC News⁠99%

2 children among 5 people killed in bus crash on I-95 in Virginia ⁠89%

5/30/2026, 5:01:56 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 67.6% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 581 faulty-reasoning hits from 111 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 81.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠89% (2,415 of 20,247 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 88.10% of the video peer group.

FiveĀ peopleĀ areĀ deadĀ andĀ dozensĀ moreĀ hospitalizedĀ afterĀ aĀ busĀ crashĀ inĀ Virginia.Ā 
>>Ā MultipleĀ peopleĀ jumpingĀ outĀ ofĀ windows,Ā multipleĀ [clearsĀ throat]Ā vehiclesĀ onĀ fire.Ā 
>>Ā NewĀ videoĀ showsĀ theĀ harrowingĀ momentĀ passengersĀ escapeĀ theĀ wreckageĀ asĀ firstĀ respondersĀ desperatelyĀ tryingĀ toĀ helpĀ thoseĀ stillĀ insideĀ theĀ bus.Ā 
AccordingĀ toĀ stateĀ police,Ā theĀ massĀ casualtyĀ crashĀ happenedĀ atĀ 2:35Ā thisĀ morningĀ upĀ I-95Ā nearĀ QuanticoĀ afterĀ theĀ busĀ failedĀ toĀ slowĀ downĀ withĀ theĀ restĀ ofĀ theĀ trafficĀ approachingĀ aĀ workĀ zone,Ā slammingĀ intoĀ sixĀ vehicles.Ā 
AĀ 13-year-oldĀ girlĀ andĀ aĀ 7-year-oldĀ boyĀ amongĀ thoseĀ killed.Ā 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 34.2%NBC News: 1.9%Confirmation Bias34.2%This article: 34.2%NBC News: 0.7%Anchoring Bias34.2%This article: 53.2%NBC News: 2.9%Availability Heuristic53.2%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 46.8%NBC News: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias46.8%This article: 54.1%NBC News: 6.1%Framing Effect54.1%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.9%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 11.7%NBC News: 1.3%Pessimism Bias11.7%This article: 65.8%NBC News: 7.0%Negativity Bias65.8%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 4.3%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 11.7%NBC News: 0.5%Primacy Effect11.7%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 67.6%NBC News: 2.8%Appeal to Authority67.6%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 3.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 11.7%NBC News: 0.6%Bandwagon11.7%This article: 65.8%NBC News: 5.2%Appeal to Emotion65.8%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 34.2%NBC News: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)34.2%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 11.7%NBC News: 1.6%Anecdotal11.7%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.4%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 20.7%NBC News: 4.3%Biased Writer Voice20.7%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

111 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker34%attributed speech73writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 100.0% coveragestate police • 38 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

state police

100%flagged-word coverage
38 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%17.5%35.0%Biased Writer Voice-31.5 ptsWriter: 31.5%state police: 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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