Gothamist⁠77%

Early Addition: The proper way to release a great white shark you accidentally catch ⁠37%

By James Ramsay⁠0%

6/15/2026, 5:58:51 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Framing Effect, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 23.4% saturation with 33 hits. Analysis detected 236 faulty-reasoning hits from 141 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠37% (13,997 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 63.90% of the article peer group.

Good Monday morning in New York City, where the Knicks are getting a championship parade on Thursday. 
Here's what else is happening: 
Knicks guard and Williamsburg native Jose Alvarado made a special appearance at yesterday's Puerto Rican Day Parade in Bushwick. 
It was a bittersweet final weekend at the Times Square Red Lobster. 
They say you can still get a great lobster dinner at Tops Diner in East Newark. 
A coastal flood advisory is taking effect overnight in parts of New Jersey. 
Having a job: Not as appealing to some graduates these days. 
What is increasingly appealing is running the 32-mile loop around the island of Manhattan. 
Solid technique by this Nantucket fisherman who caught and then physically released a great white shark. 
And finally, SEE IT: 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 2.6%Gothamist: 2.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.8%Gothamist: 1.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 11.3%James Ramsay: 5.8%Gothamist: 3.6%Availability Heuristic11.3%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.1%Gothamist: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 19.9%James Ramsay: 16.0%Gothamist: 8.4%Framing Effect19.9%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.5%Gothamist: 1.2%Loss Aversion0.0%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: 9.9%James Ramsay: 3.5%Gothamist: 3.6%Optimism Bias9.9%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.6%Gothamist: 1.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 16.3%James Ramsay: 14.2%Gothamist: 8.5%Negativity Bias16.3%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 2.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.2%Gothamist: 1.0%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.8%Gothamist: 2.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 3.0%Gothamist: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 11.3%James Ramsay: 3.8%Gothamist: 2.1%Halo Effect11.3%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.1%Gothamist: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 7.8%James Ramsay: 2.0%Gothamist: 1.3%Recency Bias7.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.4%Gothamist: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.9%Gothamist: 1.0%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 6.7%Gothamist: 4.4%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.3%Gothamist: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 7.8%James Ramsay: 9.8%Gothamist: 3.8%Hasty Generalization7.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.4%Gothamist: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 2.8%James Ramsay: 4.4%Gothamist: 6.4%Appeal to Emotion2.8%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 2.7%Gothamist: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%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%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.3%Gothamist: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 22.7%James Ramsay: 4.4%Gothamist: 2.8%Anecdotal22.7%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 9.9%James Ramsay: 1.2%Gothamist: 1.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)9.9%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.6%Gothamist: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 1.4%Gothamist: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 4.2%Gothamist: 1.2%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 2.8%James Ramsay: 4.6%Gothamist: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection2.8%This article: 23.4%James Ramsay: 9.9%Gothamist: 3.2%Biased Writer Voice23.4%This article: 9.9%James Ramsay: 0.9%Gothamist: 1.5%Indoctrination9.9%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.5%Gothamist: 1.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%James Ramsay: 0.0%Gothamist: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 11.3%James Ramsay: 1.4%Gothamist: 1.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…11.3%

141 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker13%attributed speech122writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageJose Alvarado • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Jose Alvarado

0%flagged-word coverage
19 attributed words100% of attributed speech85% writer coverage
0%15.0%30.0%Biased Writer Voice-27.0 ptsWriter: 27.0%Jose Alvarado: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -13.1 ptsWriter: 13.1%Jose Alvarado: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-11.5 ptsWriter: 11.5%Jose Alvarado: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-3.3 ptsWriter: 3.3%Jose Alvarado: 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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