Gothamist76%
Extra Extra: There's a magician in the NY-12 congressional race 50%
By James Ramsay0%
5/4/2026, 6:30:53 PM
Topics: Elections, Nba Playoffs
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 16.9% saturation with 27 hits. Analysis detected 82 faulty-reasoning hits from 160 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 50% and a BS Rank of 50% (8,506 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 50.60% of the article peer group.
Good Monday afternoon in New York City, where murders are at a record low.
Here's what else is happening:
John Sterling, the legendary Yankees radio broadcaster, has died at the age of 87.
State Assemblymember Micah Lasher, who's running for the open seat in New York's 12th Congressional District, is also a magician and wrote a book on magic tricks.
In the race to replace outgoing Rep.
Nydia Velázquez in New York's 7th Congressional District, former City Council Speaker Corey Johnson donated four figures to two different candidates.
Will the Philadelphia 76ers actually do anything to stop Knicks fans from buying tickets and filling their arena during this upcoming playoff series?
Yuppies are under threat.
An 8-year-old boy in New Jersey was bitten by a beaver while fishing.
Teens still love the mall.
And finally, probably pungent:
He Found a Clam, A CLAM!
pic.twitter.com/0GjbyCybG3
— B&S (@_B___S) May 2, 2026
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
8.1%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
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
8.8%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
2.5%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
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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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
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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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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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160 words analyzed.
Analysis
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