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Bitcoin’s Slump Forces a Crypto Booster’s Retreat - The Dispatch 9%
By Evan Spear7% James P. Sutton7% Surya Gowda10% Daniel Sipes5% Ross Anderson7%
7/10/2026, 10:02:40 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 31.3% saturation with 191 hits. Analysis detected 691 faulty-reasoning hits from 611 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 25.6% and a BS Rank of 9% (18,774 of 20,453 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 91.80% of the article peer group.
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Evan Spear is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in Washington D.C.
Prior to joining the company in 2026, he graduated from the University of Chicago with degrees in history and political science.
He has previously interned at The Dispatch and CNN.
When not writing for The Morning Dispatch, he is probably playing golf, reading a book, or trying (and failing) to find a place to swim.
James P.
Sutton is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in Washington D.C.
Prior to joining the company in 2024, he most recently graduated from University of Oxford with a Master’s degree in history.
He has also taught high school history in suburban Philadelphia, and interned at National Review and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
When not writing for The Morning Dispatch, he is probably playing racquet sports, reading a history book, or rooting for Bay Area sports teams.
Surya Gowda is a Morning Dispatch Reporter, based in New York City.
Before joining the company in 2026, she worked at USA Today and the political economy publication ProMarket.
When Surya isn't writing for The Morning Dispatch, she's probably experimenting with watercolor paints or trying out a creative makeup look.
Daniel Sipes is a Dispatch intern from Washington, D.C.
He graduated in 2026 from the University of Chicago with degrees in economics and public policy and a minor in English and creative writing.
His hobbies include weightlifting, reading, and continually writing and then throwing away the first 10 pages of the Great American Novel.
Ross Anderson is the Editor of The Morning Dispatch, based in London.
Prior to joining the company in 2025, he was an editor at The Spectator, columnist at The New York Sun, and a Tablet fellow.
When Ross isn’t working on TMD, he’s probably trying out new tech, lifting weights, or hanging out with his cat, Teddy.
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Bitcoin’s Slump Forces a Crypto Booster’s Retreat
Evan Spear , James P.
Sutton , Surya Gowda , Daniel Sipes , & Ross Anderson
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