Speaker summary
⁠52%28 analyzed articles/videos587.5 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gothamist results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 22.4% saturation with 131.632 hits. Analysis detected 883.291 faulty-reasoning hits from 587.5 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (27,678 of 28,364 speakers). This Gothamist is better (less manipulative) than 97.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.4% percentile
4.9% BS Score28 analyzed videos587.5 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 22.4%22.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 1.3%1.3%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 3.1%3.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 2.8%2.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.6%10.6%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 22.4%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 11.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Speaker 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 1.5%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Sunk Cost Effect: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Showing 1-10 of 28
Page 1 of 3
NYC scrambled to recruit, onboard new cooling tower inspectors before deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak⁠48%
Gothamist⁠77%By Caroline Lewis⁠38%7/21/2026, 3:30:50 AM
Wild storms in NYC: 'Life-threatening' floods, intense winds, a tornado possible Saturday⁠52%
Gothamist⁠77%By Ryan Kost⁠75% Louis C. Hochman⁠78%7/18/2026, 5:25:00 AM
Join us for a live series on what it means to make New York more affordable⁠69%
Gothamist⁠77%By WNYC Staff⁠88%7/17/2026, 1:06:57 PM
How The Federal ROAD Act Will (or Won’t) Affect NYC, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing⁠39%
City Limits⁠48%By Jeanmarie Evelly⁠44%7/17/2026, 11:10:28 AM
In the city of immigrants⁠6%
Gothamist⁠77%By Arya Sundaram⁠81%7/13/2026, 3:30:58 AM
Crime is mostly down in NYC⁠50%
Gothamist⁠77%By Charles Lane⁠36%7/13/2026, 3:00:52 AM
1 man killed⁠22%
Gothamist⁠77%By Ryan Kost⁠75%7/11/2026, 7:49:00 AM
Man pleads not guilty to shooting 8 people⁠19%
Gothamist⁠77%By Charles Lane⁠36%7/10/2026, 2:52:56 PM
Just 3 Black students admitted to NYC's elite Stuyvesant High School⁠37%
Gothamist⁠77%By Jessica Gould⁠0%7/10/2026, 2:43:51 PM
NYPD inspector sexually assaulted a subordinate⁠31%
Gothamist⁠77%By Samantha Max⁠68%7/10/2026, 1:53:00 PM
Showing 1-10 of 28
Page 1 of 3