The Verge⁠56%

US Marshals arrest the Tate brothers in Miami ⁠58%

By Terrence O'Brien⁠58%

7/19/2026, 2:20:48 PM

Topics: Creators, Law, Policy, Tech
Keywords: Creators, Law, Policy, Tech

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 28.6% saturation with 83 hits. Analysis detected 697 faulty-reasoning hits from 290 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 54.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (9,255 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 57.70% of the article peer group.

The manosphere influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami by US Marshals in relation to new rape and sex trafficking charges in England. 
According to the Associated Press, British authorities are seeking the brothers’ extradition. 
The new charges facing Andrew Tate include seven counts of rape, three of sex trafficking, three counts of assault, and “19 charges relating to sexual images of children and extreme ‘pornography,’” according to the New York Times. 
Tristan Tate faces two new charges of rape, one of sexual assault, and three of sex trafficking. 
This is in addition to the 21 charges already announced in 2025 by British authorities, plus ongoing investigations in Romania and the US. 
The brothers had previously been indicted in Romania on trafficking and rape charges, but a judge threw the indictment out over procedural issues. 
Many believe the lifting of travel restrictions on the two and the judges’ decision may have been related to a pressure campaign by the Trump administration on the Romanian government. 
The White House was also accused of intervening on Andrew Tate’s behalf last year when customs officials seized his devices. 
The two are self-proclaimed misogynists who have amassed a following online despite being banned from most platforms for hate speech, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. 
The two ran an online school that claimed to teach men how to free themselves from “socially induced incarceration” and how to recruit women into “sexual slavery.” 
They’ve also led an online school on how to make money in crypto, drop shipping, and “scam-adjacent activities,” according to Vox, with a pyramid scheme-like structure. 
The two have repeatedly faced arrest and criminal investigations for their activities dating back to 2015. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 10.3%Terrence O'Brien: 4.3%The Verge: 3.6%Confirmation Bias10.3%This article: 7.9%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 1.3%Anchoring Bias7.9%This article: 7.9%Terrence O'Brien: 3.8%The Verge: 3.8%Availability Heuristic7.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 7.9%Terrence O'Brien: 1.1%The Verge: 0.7%Hindsight Bias7.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.8%The Verge: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 28.6%Terrence O'Brien: 8.9%The Verge: 6.2%Framing Effect28.6%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.6%The Verge: 0.9%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.4%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.1%The Verge: 4.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.8%The Verge: 2.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 21.7%Terrence O'Brien: 12.1%The Verge: 9.7%Negativity Bias21.7%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.0%The Verge: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.7%The Verge: 0.6%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 8.6%Terrence O'Brien: 1.5%The Verge: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias8.6%This article: 8.6%Terrence O'Brien: 2.9%The Verge: 2.8%Halo Effect8.6%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.6%The Verge: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 5.5%Terrence O'Brien: 1.3%The Verge: 1.8%Recency Bias5.5%This article: 10.3%Terrence O'Brien: 0.9%The Verge: 0.4%Primacy Effect10.3%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 17.9%Terrence O'Brien: 3.4%The Verge: 1.1%Ad Hominem17.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.0%The Verge: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 25.9%Terrence O'Brien: 6.1%The Verge: 4.0%Appeal to Authority25.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.1%The Verge: 1.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.6%The Verge: 1.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 5.5%Terrence O'Brien: 5.9%The Verge: 6.8%Hasty Generalization5.5%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.4%The Verge: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.3%The Verge: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 6.9%Terrence O'Brien: 6.6%The Verge: 4.2%Appeal to Emotion6.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 1.5%The Verge: 1.1%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 10.3%Terrence O'Brien: 3.5%The Verge: 2.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)10.3%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.3%The Verge: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 6.9%Terrence O'Brien: 0.5%The Verge: 0.8%Burden of Proof6.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 10.3%Terrence O'Brien: 2.7%The Verge: 3.6%Anecdotal10.3%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 9.3%Terrence O'Brien: 2.6%The Verge: 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)9.3%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.0%The Verge: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.2%The Verge: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 12.8%Terrence O'Brien: 3.2%The Verge: 2.6%Unattributed Quote12.8%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.9%The Verge: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 16.9%Terrence O'Brien: 11.4%The Verge: 10.8%Biased Writer Voice16.9%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 2.0%The Verge: 1.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.5%The Verge: 1.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 0.1%The Verge: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Terrence O'Brien: 3.7%The Verge: 4.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

290 words analyzed.

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0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+89.3 ptsWriter: 10.7%Vox: 100.0%100.0%

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

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Analysis

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