Tag: Crime and Courts – NBC New York ⁠43%

By Tom Winter⁠72% Daniel Arkin⁠41% NBC News⁠35%

7/19/2026, 1:13:41 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Appeal to Authority, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 28.3% saturation with 256 hits. Analysis detected 1,041 faulty-reasoning hits from 903 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 46.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠43% (11,992 of 20,882 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 57.40% of the article peer group.

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami, U.S. 
Marshals service tells AP 
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, according to the U.S. 
Marshals Service. 
Two U.S. 
Forest Service employees rescued after being zip-tied and held hostage at gunpoint 
The employees were rescued after being held hostage for nearly 15 hours in Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California, officials said. 
Fugitive doctor found on sailboat off coast of New York, New Jersey 
Rhode Island doctor was caught off the coast of New York and New Jersey after he spent 20 years running from law enforcement. 
Erica Byfield reports. 
Operation to track down dangerous wanted fugitives in New Jersey 
It's been a busy few weeks for a team comprised of U.S. 
Marshals as well as state and local police in New Jersey. 
They’ve been making a push across the Garden State targeting hundreds of fugitives, including child predators and wanted killers. 
NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst was with the team as they went searching for one of the state’s... 
‘TODAY' show intruder arraigned on hate crime charges 
The suspect allegedly entered an unauthorized area and hurled a racial slur at “TODAY” co-anchor Craig Melvin. 
‘Most-wanted' fugitive in ‘Lion King' boat rape nabbed off NY, NJ after 20 years on run 
One of the most-wanted fugitives in Rhode Island who had spent more than 20 years running from law enforcement was caught off the coast of New York and New Jersey, according to two sources familiar with the matter. 
Ex-captain pleads guilty to drugging and raping a U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy cadet on a cargo ship 
A former cargo ship captain has pleaded guilty to drugging and raping a 21-year-old U.S. 
Merchant Marine Academy cadet. 
Investigation into death of Nolan Wells to be turned over to grand jury 
Attorney Ben Crump said Wednesday that the investigation into the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells will be turned over to a grand jury once complete. 
Rev. 
Al Sharpton calls for answers over death of Mississippi teen 
Rev. 
Al Sharpton joined the family of 18-year-old Nolan Wells and their attorney, Ben Crump, to demand answers as to how the Mississippi teen died after celebrating the Fourth of July with friends. 
“This smacks of some of the worst fears that we’ve had historically, not only in Mississippi, but in this country.” 
Dog trainer sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison after dogs die in hot van 
A Southern California dog trainer convicted of animal cruelty in the deaths of 11 dogs and attempting to cover up how they died was sentenced to Friday to nearly 12 years in prison. 
Nadine Menendez reports to prison amid ongoing breast cancer treatment 
Nadine Menendez, the wife of former New Jersey Sen. 
Bob Menendez, reported to federal prison Friday after a judge recently denied her last-minute attempt for an extension. 
Menendez was required to surrender to the Federal Bureau of Prisons by 2 p.m. to begin her 54-month sentence. 
A spokesperson for the bureau confirmed early Friday afternoon that she had turned herself… 
8 indicted in planned drone and sniper attack on White House UFC event 
Officials have said the defendants harbored fringe conspiracy theories and hoped the attack would destabilize the government. 
Nadine Menendez ordered to report to prison Friday amid ongoing breast cancer treatment 
Nadine Menendez, the wife of former New Jersey Sen. 
Bob Menendez, will report to federal prison Friday after a judge denied her last-minute attempt to extend her surrender date. 
Last week, Menendez’s defense attorneys filed a motion requesting that the court extend her surrender date from July 10 to October 30 to allow time for additional medical procedures in connection… 
Nurse facing sex abuse charges after allegedly groping Brooklyn hospital patient 
During an exclusive interview with the I-Team in June, a female hospital patient said she was sexually abused by a male nurse on an overnight shift at Brooklyn’s Brookdale Hospital. 
Now, seven months after the patient initially reported the incident to police, that nurse has been criminally charged. 
NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports. 
Male nurse charged with sex abuse after hospital patient alleged ‘disgusting' groping 
After a Brooklyn patient went public with allegations of sexual abuse inside Brookdale Hospital, a male nurse has been arrested and charged with sex crimes. 
Idaho mother arrested for death of twin toddlers after initially blaming vaccines 
Boise police arrested Andrea Shaw last week over the 2025 suffocation deaths of her 18-month-old twins. 
Shaw has maintained that the children died as a result of vaccines. 
Items left behind Cracker Barrel lead to arrest in 1985 death of a salesman 
Items found behind a Cracker Barrel in Georgia played a key role in helping Ohio prosecutors secure an arrest in connection with the 1985 killing of a traveling salesman. 
Mother who claimed vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins is charged with their murders 
An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after getting vaccinated now faces murder charges in their deaths. 
D4vd case leaks may have led to internal probe at L.A. 
County Medical Examiner 
Employees are being interviewed about allegedly viewing the Medical Examiner’s investigation files without permission. 
Prosecutors argue the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk should stand trial 
Prosecutors showed several videos of Kirk’s shooting as they made their case to state District Judge Tony Graf. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 1.4%Tom Winter: 1.7%NBC New York: 0.9%Confirmation Bias1.4%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 1.4%NBC New York: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 9.4%Tom Winter: 3.1%NBC New York: 3.2%Availability Heuristic9.4%This article: 2.1%Tom Winter: 0.7%NBC New York: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic2.1%This article: 2.5%Tom Winter: 0.8%NBC New York: 1.1%Hindsight Bias2.5%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 4.0%Tom Winter: 1.3%NBC New York: 6.2%Framing Effect4.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 4.2%Tom Winter: 1.4%NBC New York: 0.5%Status Quo Bias4.2%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 3.6%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 2.2%Tom Winter: 0.7%NBC New York: 1.5%Pessimism Bias2.2%This article: 28.3%Tom Winter: 21.6%NBC New York: 13.4%Negativity Bias28.3%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 3.5%Tom Winter: 1.2%NBC New York: 0.4%In-Group Bias3.5%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.6%NBC New York: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 2.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 2.6%NBC New York: 1.8%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 11.3%Tom Winter: 3.8%NBC New York: 6.8%Appeal to Authority11.3%This article: 1.3%Tom Winter: 0.4%NBC New York: 0.6%False Dilemma1.3%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 1.3%NBC New York: 2.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 8.2%Tom Winter: 5.1%NBC New York: 4.1%Appeal to Emotion8.2%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 11.1%Tom Winter: 4.1%NBC New York: 4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)11.1%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 1.3%Tom Winter: 0.4%NBC New York: 0.3%Burden of Proof1.3%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 5.1%Tom Winter: 1.7%NBC New York: 1.4%Anecdotal5.1%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 3.8%Tom Winter: 1.3%NBC New York: 2.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)3.8%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 14.1%Tom Winter: 4.7%NBC New York: 3.7%Unattributed Quote14.1%This article: 1.3%Tom Winter: 1.6%NBC New York: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection1.3%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 5.7%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Tom Winter: 0.0%NBC New York: 2.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

903 words analyzed.

Speakers

11speakers21%attributed speech717writer words
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NBC New York • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageU.S. Marshals Service • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageErica Byfield • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageJonathan Dienst • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 38 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageBen Crump • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageAl Sharpton • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageAl Sharpton • 32 words • 0.0% coverageAl Sharpton • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 33 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageChris Glorioso • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageBoise police • 16 words • 0.0% coverageAndrea Shaw • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageL.A. County Medical Examiner • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageprosecutors • 12 words • 0.0% coverageprosecutors • 18 words • 0.0% coverage
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Al Sharpton

100%flagged-word coverage
62 attributed words33% of attributed speech79% writer coverage
0%10.0%20.0%Unattributed Quote-17.7 ptsWriter: 17.7%Al Sharpton: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-1.7 ptsWriter: 1.7%Al Sharpton: 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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