Gothamist76%
Extra Extra: Andrew Giuliani defends pricey World Cup tickets 71%
By James Ramsay0%
5/8/2026, 7:00:54 PM
Topics: New York City
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Unattributed Quote, with Status Quo Bias as the most egregious example at 23.8% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 138 faulty-reasoning hits from 164 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 64.3% and a BS Rank of 71% (4,911 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 70.80% of the article peer group.
Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where $73 will get you into this Radiohead "experience."
Here's what else is happening:
Elmhurst locals want the MTA to reopen the neighborhood's old Long Island Rail Road stop.
Andrew Giuliani, the head of the White House Task Force on the 2026 World Cup, defended FIFA's decision to charge more than $1,000 for tickets to the U.S. team's opening match, arguing "we don't really believe in price controls."
They're saying the New York state comptroller's race is getting spicy.
We're getting a Manhattan outpost of a Japanese sushi conveyor belt chain.
I'd eat one of these skinny burritos.
These run clubs are doing it the Ethiopian way.
The new Lykke Li album is fantastic.
And finally, ticklish:
No matter how many times you've watched it, Max the dog playing with his duck friend Fred never fails to make your day pic.twitter.com/n4zPLrYZiC
— Antidepressant Content (@depressionlesss) May 8, 2026
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
5.5%Framing Effect
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5.5%AuthorJames Ramsay
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
23.8%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
4.3%Optimism Bias
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4.3%AuthorJames Ramsay
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
23.8%Appeal to Authority
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23.8%AuthorJames Ramsay
6.7%PublicationGothamist
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
14.6%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
6.7%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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164 words analyzed.
Analysis
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