ABC News99%

Boyfriend secretly trains so girlfriend doesn't run half-marathon alone 97%

7/24/2026, 5:29:16 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 57.5% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 614 faulty-reasoning hits from 228 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 94.3% and a BS Rank of 97% (803 of 21,887 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 96.30% of the video peer group.

Finally, tonight, one man goes the distance to surprise his girlfriend on race day. 
>> In St. 
Charles, Missouri, one small secret and an unforgettable surprise. 
>> You're making me nervous. 
>> What? 
No-uh. 
No-uh. 
You're fine. 
>> No. >> 22-year-old Emma Kessler, [music] overcome with emotion. 
She thought she'd be running her very first half marathon alone. 
But, tucked inside that trunk, an extra pair of running shoes and a reminder that the longest journeys are often lighter when someone chooses to carry them with us. 
Her boyfriend, Jason, quietly training for weeks. 
>> I've been uh running every weekend since the last one that you ran to run it with you. 
>> Ever letting on. 
>> I have lied to you so many times over the last 2 and 1/2 months about what I'm doing. [laughter] >> Emma admits her anxiety about race day had reached an all-time high. 
Jason, a competitive powerlifter, added endurance training to his routine so she wouldn't have to face those 13.1 miles by herself. 
And together, step by step, Jason going the extra mile, or 13.1 to be specific, crossing the finish line side by side. 
Because sometimes the greatest act of strength is simply showing up and reminding someone they never have to run alone. 
>> Way to go, Jason. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%ABC News: 2.2%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%ABC News: 3.0%Availability Heuristic5.7%This article: 9.6%ABC News: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic9.6%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 57.5%ABC News: 6.8%Framing Effect57.5%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.2%ABC News: 2.4%Optimism Bias9.2%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.0%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 18.9%ABC News: 7.7%Negativity Bias18.9%This article: 1.8%ABC News: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias1.8%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 4.8%ABC News: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias4.8%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 20.2%ABC News: 2.2%Halo Effect20.2%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.9%ABC News: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.9%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 3.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.9%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 18.4%ABC News: 2.8%Hasty Generalization18.4%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.4%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 37.3%ABC News: 4.3%Appeal to Emotion37.3%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 2.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 4.8%ABC News: 1.2%Anecdotal4.8%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 14.0%ABC News: 1.9%Unattributed Quote14.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 57.5%ABC News: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice57.5%This article: 8.8%ABC News: 0.6%Indoctrination8.8%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%ABC News: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

228 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers8.8%attributed speech208writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageEmma Kessler • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 100.0% coverageJason • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageJason • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 34 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Jason

100%flagged-word coverage
11 attributed words55% of attributed speech90% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+94.2 ptsWriter: 5.8%Jason: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-63.0 ptsWriter: 63.0%Jason: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-9.6 ptsWriter: 9.6%Jason: 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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