Readers sound off on Trump's distractions, Lindsey Graham and SATs 66%
By Voice of the People86%
7/15/2026, 7:00:46 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 27 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Negativity Bias, with Ad Hominem as the most egregious example at 20.6% saturation with 247 hits. Analysis detected 1,745 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,201 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 60.2% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,671 of 16,253 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 65.10% of the article peer group.
What happened to the other Trump stories?
Austin, Texas: In the last week, the news media have covered and been preoccupied with a variety of stories: the Maine senatorial race, including speculations about Graham Platner’s alleged sexual assault and whether he would officially drop out of the race, the NATO meeting in Turkey and President Trump’s missteps and outrageous statements, the lack of progress in ending the Iran war, the World Cup and the controversial intervention by the president, congressional reactions to the SAVE America Act, the buckling NYC high-rise and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Yet, there are three stories that perhaps mysteriously haven’t or have scarcely been mentioned by major media outlets: Cole Tomas Allen (photo), the alleged White House Correspondents Dinner shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Pennsylvania shooter who injured Trump’s ear, and the status of missing Epstein files.
Failure to hear about the first two stories is quite curious, leading to speculation that these events were suspicious and may have been staged.
What’s clear is that Trump will do or say everything he can to titillate and capture the media’s attention, diverting our focus from all three stories.
While Trump has not been the smartest nor even a good president, throughout his life he has been effective at controlling the media, diverting attention and escaping responsibility for his actions.
The question remains: Will he succeed this time in avoiding accountability?
Given his past, I worry.
Richard Cherwitz
Judicial cover
Portsmouth, N.H.: I blame the U.S.
Supreme Court for all the injustice being done by our half-baked president and his murderous ICE team.
They gave him unlimited power to do just what he wants.
All that he wants is to spend taxpayer money on his narcissistic follies and let his team of total incompetents run American.
It’s really sad that this is what it’s come to.
A major change needs to come in November.
Please vote blue.
Elizabeth Smith
What else is there?
Myrtle Beach, S.C.: To Voicer Ivan Vasilyevich: I never said Trump was good or bad.
I said I stand by my vote.
You can mock and question the president all you want, which is your right.
Moving forward, what do you have to offer?
Answer the question.
James Quinn
No loyalty
Manhattan: Lindsey Graham, a patriot?
What a joke.
He was a huge phony and should be treated as one.
In an interview with the Huffington Post in 2016, he said, “If you can't admire Joe Biden as a person, then you have a problem.
He is as good a man as God ever created, and the nicest person I have ever met in politics.”
Yet, when Trump denigrates Biden, silence from Graham.
His best friend was John McCain, and when Trump made his negative remarks about McCain, Graham called Trump the “biggest jackass in the world, and tell Trump to go to hell.”
I'm not going to go into all the negatives that Graham said about Trump when he ran against him in the primary, save to say that he was “unqualified to be president.”
If Graham is a patriot, then so is Benedict Arnold!
H.
Wayne Mirsky
Clearing the air
Bronx: When Wayne Barrett, the fierce investigative reporter, was writing his book “Grand Illusion: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11” (2006) demythologizing America’s Mayor with coauthor Dan Collins, he came upon a document that was recently discovered in Barrett's archives.
It has unlocked information that city lawyers have long hidden, fearing the liability the city would face were it to be disclosed.
In effect, this has been a premeditated coverup regarding the toxic air at Ground Zero, presaging the irreparable damage the contamination would cause to residents and rescue workers exposed to it, thus blocking their claims for redress.
The Daily News has been beating the drum for transparency on this lingering tragedy, and now some sunlight has appeared that may help victims get a measure of reparation.
Fred Smith
Still misunderstood
Tarrytown, N.Y.: Just when this Voicer begged others to curtail the repetitious venting of old, dumb blah on this page, there had to be the one troll who couldn't.
They immediately wrote in to bring up stale accusations based on a total misunderstanding of what I joked about several years ago.
That grim individual was 100% incorrect about my meaning, intent and personal politics then, and still is.
A little research on the internet could have set them straight.
Anyone with half a brain couldn't have mistaken my recent call for originality and a light touch as thinking my “view is the only one that matters” and asking the newspaper to censor to my tastes.
Too bad that some people who can write have no idea how wrong they are about what they read.
Steve Ditlea
Relaxed pathway
Greenwich, Conn.: We are a deeply divided nation.
One of the most divisive issues in the U.S. today is immigration.
However, people on both sides of the issue can agree that the test for U.S. citizenship in recent years has become too watered down and far too easy.
In past years, the test for citizenship included questions on important events in U.S. history.
Now the only requirement for citizenship is that the applicant be able to tell the difference between The Carpenters and Captain and Tennille.
J.
Michael Murphy
Plenty to cheer
Brooklyn: This summer has been full of sports excitement, especially in New York.
We had the Knicks victory, hosted World Cup soccer games, Mets/Yankees/Cyclones games, and soon the US Open Tennis Championships.
We also have women’s sports, including the Liberty (who recently won their second WNBA Commissioner’s Cup) and now the New York Heights!
They are one of the first teams of the new Women’s Professional Baseball League, so let's wish them the best of luck!
Play ball!
Ellen Levitt
Dead weight
Danbury, Conn.: I took an informal poll of my fellow Yankee fans with whom I play a Sunday pickup softball game each weekend.
I said they could be the Yankees general manager for a day — what move would they make?
The consensus was to offer a buyout to Giancarlo Stanton in return for his immediate retirement to open up that roster spot.
We really don’t need a more than $30 million a year, oft-injured designated hitter who can't play the field, can't run and apparently can't walk, stand up or sit down without pulling a calf muscle.
Michael Eddy
Myth of math
Manhattan: The New York Times Editorial Board on Sunday published an asinine, bigoted and elitist piece of tripe attacking California for not reimposing the SAT as a condition precedent for admission to its public college system.
I've railed against this pernicious gatekeeper crap for more than half a century.
I implore the public to read “The Math Myth” by Prof.
Andrew Hacker.
It demolishes this garbage.
I also challenge the board to show that they can solve quadratic equations or factor trinomials — and if they can't, they should resign as journalists.
This inhumanity by those in power must be brought to an end.
Stop bastardizing both education and opportunity.
Daniel Jean Lipsman
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