Mamdani's socialists conquer New York City ⁠55%

By Robby Soave⁠0% Jason Russell⁠0%

6/24/2026, 9:10:45 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 32.8% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 267 faulty-reasoning hits from 125 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 52.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠55% (10,034 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 54.20% of the article peer group.

In this episode of Freed Up, Robby Soave and Jason Russell discuss New York City's election of young radical socialists and what it reveals about the left's growing internal divide. 
They also react to World Cup visitors embracing American culture. 
Later, Robby reflects on his recent trip to Ukraine, sharing observations from the war-torn country and what he learned on the ground. 
The conversation closes with a pop culture discussion about why PLUR1BUS is worth watching and the return of House of the Dragon. 
0:00—NYC elected young radical socialists. 
10:02—Robby's 1,007th Bane impression 
11:10—The left fights with the left 
14:05—The World Cup loves America! 
19:23—Robby's trip to Ukraine 
45:33—PLUR1BUS is a great show. 
51:55—House of the Dragon is back! 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 24.0%Robby Soave: 4.0%Reason.com: 4.6%Confirmation Bias24.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 21.6%Robby Soave: 2.7%Reason.com: 2.4%Availability Heuristic21.6%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.0%Reason.com: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.5%Reason.com: 2.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 8.8%Robby Soave: 7.9%Reason.com: 6.4%Framing Effect8.8%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.4%Reason.com: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.5%Reason.com: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.2%Reason.com: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 4.0%Robby Soave: 0.4%Reason.com: 1.1%Optimism Bias4.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 2.6%Reason.com: 1.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 28.8%Robby Soave: 8.3%Reason.com: 8.0%Negativity Bias28.8%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.1%Reason.com: 1.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.3%Reason.com: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 3.9%Reason.com: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.7%Reason.com: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.0%Robby Soave: 1.1%Reason.com: 0.7%Halo Effect4.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.3%Reason.com: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.8%Robby Soave: 0.8%Reason.com: 1.0%Recency Bias4.8%This article: 4.0%Robby Soave: 0.5%Reason.com: 0.3%Primacy Effect4.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.1%Reason.com: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 3.1%Reason.com: 1.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 3.5%Reason.com: 1.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.5%Reason.com: 3.9%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.0%Reason.com: 1.9%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.8%Reason.com: 1.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.4%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 32.8%Robby Soave: 7.3%Reason.com: 6.5%Hasty Generalization32.8%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.5%Reason.com: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.2%Reason.com: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 8.8%Robby Soave: 4.0%Reason.com: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion8.8%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.4%Reason.com: 1.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.4%Reason.com: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.5%Reason.com: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 3.3%Reason.com: 1.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.4%Reason.com: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 4.0%Robby Soave: 1.8%Reason.com: 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)4.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.1%Reason.com: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.0%Reason.com: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 0.4%Reason.com: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.8%Reason.com: 1.9%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 1.8%Reason.com: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 12.8%Robby Soave: 11.8%Reason.com: 10.0%Biased Writer Voice12.8%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 2.0%Reason.com: 1.5%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Robby Soave: 2.9%Reason.com: 1.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 28.8%Robby Soave: 5.7%Reason.com: 1.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias28.8%This article: 26.4%Robby Soave: 2.2%Reason.com: 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…26.4%

125 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker24%attributed speech95writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageRobby Soave • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageRobby Soave • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageRobby Soave • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverage
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Robby Soave

73%flagged-word coverage
30 attributed words100% of attributed speech89% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Politically Right Leaning -37.9 ptsWriter: 37.9%Robby Soave: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -34.7 ptsWriter: 34.7%Robby Soave: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-16.8 ptsWriter: 16.8%Robby Soave: 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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