Gothamist76%
Extra Extra: Will Nassau County fork over tax breaks for a Bass Pro Shop? 53%
By James Ramsay0%
5/29/2026, 7:01:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Optimism Bias, and False Dilemma, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 29.9% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 272 faulty-reasoning hits from 134 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51.5% and a BS Rank of 53% (8,052 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 52.10% of the article peer group.
Good Friday afternoon in New York, where state lawmakers finally got their paychecks.
Here's what else is happening:
A new report says nearly half of American households don't bring in enough income to cover basic necessities.
DUMBO residents say the really touristy blocks near the water have turned the neighborhood into America's Venice.
(No disrespect to the Venice of California.)
"Even non-Jewish people call [Ouri’s Market] the Erewhon of the city."
Hicksville could be getting the New York metro area's first Bass Pro Shop if Nassau County gives the store the tax breaks it is asking for.
The NYC Ferry is hot.
I want this spicy Filipino chicken sandwich.
Do I also want the Wawa tacos?
And finally, come on:
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
13.4%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
10.4%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
19.4%Optimism Bias
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19.4%AuthorJames Ramsay
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
15.7%Negativity Bias
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15.7%AuthorJames Ramsay
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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
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
8.2%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
3.7%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
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorJames Ramsay
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False Dilemma
19.4%False Dilemma
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19.4%AuthorJames Ramsay
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
13.4%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
3.7%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
12.7%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
20.9%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
8.2%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
18.7%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
29.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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29.9%AuthorJames Ramsay
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134 words analyzed.
Analysis
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