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Trump DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Reporters After Air Force One Story 22%

By Ted Johnson33%

7/11/2026, 12:45:21 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 24.6% saturation with 133 hits. Analysis detected 599 faulty-reasoning hits from 541 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 36.5% and a BS Rank of 22% (11,098 of 14,081 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the article peer group.

July 11, 2026 5:45am 
The New York Times building 
The New York Times said that a group of its journalists received subpoenas from the Justice Department after their report on the lack of certain security features on Donald Trump ‘s new Air Force One . 
The Times said that those who received subpoenas included Julian E. 
Barnes, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt, who reported this week that there were security concerns about the new Air Force One, as Trump left the NATO summit in Turkey in the old aircraft. 
That included the lack of antimissile capabilities in the new aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 that was donated by the government of Qatar. 
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The subpoenas, according to the Times, asked the reporters to testify before a grand jury on Wednesday but do not contain many details, other than that they were being sought “in regard to an alleged violation of federal criminal law.” 
The subpoenas were issued by Jay Clayton, who is the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, the Times reported. 
David McCraw, senior vice president and deputy general counsel at the Times, said in a statement that the “appearance of Federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects.” 
McCraw added, “Our journalists report the facts and advance the American public’s right to know how their government is operating and their taxpayer dollars are being used. 
This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” 
Per the Times, an FBI official asked that the story be held, characterizing it as an issue of national security. 
A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediate return a request for comment. 
Few days go by when Trump doesn’t lash out at the media, but in his second term, his administration has been more aggressive in using enforcement and regulatory powers against media outlets. 
In January, federal agents conducted a search of the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, seizing such things as her phones and laptops. 
The search was part of an investigation of a government contractor, but Natanson had reported extensively on Trump’s war on the civil service and the impact on the federal workforce. 
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Confirmation Bias
24.6%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
3.7%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
0%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
20.5%
Self-Serving Bias
5%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
5.7%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
11.6%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
8.7%
Begging the Question
5%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
5.5%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
8.7%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
5.7%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
5.9%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

541 words analyzed.

Voice attribution · Experimental

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1speaker19%attributed speech436writer words
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David McCraw

100%flagged-word coverage
105 attributed words100% of attributed speech46% writer coverage
Quote-first Misdirection+44.8 pts
Writer 0%David McCraw 45%
Indoctrination+29.5 pts
Writer 0%David McCraw 30%
Politically Left Leaning Bias-7.3 pts
Writer 7.3%David McCraw 0%

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Analysis

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