amny.com⁠42%

Brooklyn man slapped with federal charges for setting bus ablaze during Knicks celebrations in Times Square ⁠68%

By Dean Moses⁠51%

7/21/2026, 12:45:35 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 46.4% saturation with 156 hits. Analysis detected 926 faulty-reasoning hits from 336 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 61.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (6,971 of 21,204 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 67.10% of the article peer group.

A Brooklyn man has been charged with setting a bus ablaze in Times Square following the Knicks' championship win. 
According to law enforcement sources, 30-year-old Jonathan Strahs was taken into custody during a federal search warrant at his home at around 6:25 a.m. on July 20 after a joint investigation by the NYPD, ATF, and FDNY Fire Marshals. 
Strahs had been wanted by police since June 14, following the Knicks' championship victory. 
During the early hours, thousands of fans gathered in and around Times Square in mass celebrations, including hundreds who commandeered and climbed school buses that were commissioned to transport soccer fans to the World Cup. 
Investigators with the NYPD and FDNY say that at around 2:47 a.m. on June 15, surveillance video allegedly caught Strahs entering one of the buses brought to a halt on West 42nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenue. 
He left the vehicle, and moments later, it went up in flames. 
Firefighters responded to the scene and doused the blaze. 
FDNY sources report fire marshals conducted an extensive investigation and not only determined the blaze was set intentionally, but working with NYPD and ATF, they said they were able to use surveillance footage to identify the suspect as Strahs. 
“This fire, set on a busy street during a night of celebration, put the lives of bystanders and first responders at risk. 
The work of our agencies has removed a dangerous individual from the streets of New York City and the FDNY will continue to work closely with our public safety partners to keep New Yorkers safe,” said Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore. 
“This arrest reflects the strength of our partnership with ATF and NYPD, and the diligence of our Fire Marshals in following the evidence through an extensive and complex investigation.” 
Strahs was hit with federal charges including arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment, and will be prosecuted in the Southern District of New York. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 26.8%Dean Moses: 5.8%amNewYork: 3.5%Confirmation Bias26.8%This article: 5.7%Dean Moses: 0.9%amNewYork: 1.4%Anchoring Bias5.7%This article: 10.4%Dean Moses: 5.2%amNewYork: 3.9%Availability Heuristic10.4%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.8%amNewYork: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.8%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 8.6%Dean Moses: 1.9%amNewYork: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias8.6%This article: 11.9%Dean Moses: 5.8%amNewYork: 5.4%Framing Effect11.9%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.3%amNewYork: 1.0%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 11.9%Dean Moses: 3.1%amNewYork: 3.7%Optimism Bias11.9%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.3%amNewYork: 1.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 24.1%Dean Moses: 10.8%amNewYork: 7.2%Negativity Bias24.1%This article: 20.5%Dean Moses: 3.4%amNewYork: 1.8%Self-Serving Bias20.5%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 4.5%amNewYork: 1.0%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 1.4%amNewYork: 0.8%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 11.9%Dean Moses: 2.5%amNewYork: 2.2%Halo Effect11.9%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.2%Dean Moses: 1.4%amNewYork: 1.1%Recency Bias4.2%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 46.4%Dean Moses: 8.6%amNewYork: 3.6%Appeal to Authority46.4%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 1.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 10.4%Dean Moses: 6.7%amNewYork: 4.0%Hasty Generalization10.4%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.4%amNewYork: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 6.5%Dean Moses: 5.8%amNewYork: 4.9%Appeal to Emotion6.5%This article: 8.6%Dean Moses: 1.2%amNewYork: 1.3%Begging the Question8.6%This article: 4.2%Dean Moses: 2.8%amNewYork: 2.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)4.2%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.5%amNewYork: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 3.6%Dean Moses: 1.0%amNewYork: 1.7%Anecdotal3.6%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 2.0%amNewYork: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.3%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 29.5%Dean Moses: 2.8%amNewYork: 1.4%Unattributed Quote29.5%This article: 6.5%Dean Moses: 3.3%amNewYork: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection6.5%This article: 23.8%Dean Moses: 4.9%amNewYork: 4.0%Biased Writer Voice23.8%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 1.4%amNewYork: 1.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.0%amNewYork: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dean Moses: 0.7%amNewYork: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

336 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers50%attributed speech168writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 39 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 0.0% coverageNYPD • 38 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageFDNY • 39 words • 100.0% coverageLillian Bonsignore • 22 words • 100.0% coverageLillian Bonsignore • 40 words • 100.0% coverageLillian Bonsignore • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 24 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Lillian Bonsignore

100%flagged-word coverage
91 attributed words54% of attributed speech95% writer coverage
0%22.5%45.0%Biased Writer Voice+20.1 ptsWriter: 23.8%Lillian Bonsignore: 44.0%44.0%Unattributed Quote+24.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Lillian Bonsignore: 24.2%24.2%Quote-first Misdirection+24.2 ptsWriter: 0.0%Lillian Bonsignore: 24.2%24.2%

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

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