Gothamist⁠77%

Early Addition: Luigi Mangione dressed for the job he wants⁠0%

By James Ramsay⁠0%

12/19/2025, 7:01:06 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Genetic Fallacy, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 51% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 386 faulty-reasoning hits from 157 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.

Good Friday morning in New York City, where emergency management officials are warning us to watch out for flying debris. 
Here's what else is happening: 
- Immigration attorneys said the Trump administration is now attempting to deport asylum seekers in New York City to countries including Uganda, Ghana and Eswatini, telling them to seek asylum there. 
- Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who may make too much money to receive food stamps are getting crushed by grocery prices. 
- Luigi Mangione used to wear sweaters to court. 
This time, he wore suits. 
- President Trump yesterday signed an executive order reclassifying cannabis as less dangerous, but stopped short of legalizing recreational weed. 
- Bryant Park is getting bumper cars on ice. 
- The High Line is getting a giant sandstone Buddha. 
- The new iOS looks gross. 
- The kids who attended the American Museum of Natural History's sleepover looked rad. 
And finally, let it out: 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.8%Gothamist: 1.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 12.7%James Ramsay: 5.8%Gothamist: 3.6%Availability Heuristic12.7%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.4%Gothamist: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 3.8%James Ramsay: 2.6%Gothamist: 2.7%Confirmation Bias3.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 47.1%James Ramsay: 16.0%Gothamist: 8.4%Framing Effect47.1%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.2%Gothamist: 1.0%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 8.9%James Ramsay: 3.8%Gothamist: 2.1%Halo Effect8.9%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.1%Gothamist: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.8%Gothamist: 2.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.5%Gothamist: 1.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 51.0%James Ramsay: 14.2%Gothamist: 8.5%Negativity Bias51.0%This article: 14.6%James Ramsay: 3.5%Gothamist: 3.6%Optimism Bias14.6%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 3.0%Gothamist: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 18.5%James Ramsay: 1.6%Gothamist: 1.7%Pessimism Bias18.5%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 2.0%Gothamist: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 2.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.8%Gothamist: 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.8%James Ramsay: 0.9%Gothamist: 1.0%Ad Hominem3.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.2%Gothamist: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 4.4%Gothamist: 2.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 19.7%James Ramsay: 6.7%Gothamist: 4.4%Appeal to Authority19.7%This article: 14.6%James Ramsay: 4.4%Gothamist: 6.4%Appeal to Emotion14.6%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.4%Gothamist: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.3%Gothamist: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.3%Gothamist: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 32.5%James Ramsay: 1.4%Gothamist: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy32.5%This article: 14.6%James Ramsay: 9.8%Gothamist: 3.8%Hasty Generalization14.6%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 3.8%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.1%Personal Incredulity3.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 2.7%Gothamist: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%

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