Gothamist76%
Queens house fire that killed 4 ruled a homicide, NYPD says no arrests 0%
By David Giambusso0%
3/28/2026, 3:12:00 AM
Keywords: Nypd, Public Safety
BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 38.6% saturation with 59 hits. Analysis detected 408 faulty-reasoning hits from 153 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.
The New York City medical examiner has ruled a fatal Queens house fire a homicide, police said Friday night, and so far no arrests have been made.
At least four people, including a 3-year-old girl, were killed when the four-alarm fire tore through a three-story brick building in Flushing shortly after noon on March 16.
More than 230 firefighters responded and placed the blaze under control less than three hours later.
The girl, whom the NYPD identified Friday as Sihan Yang, was declared dead at the scene along with Chengri Cui, a 50-year-old man who also lived at the home.
A 61-year-old woman was also found dead and a 63-year-old man was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
The latter two have not been identified “pending proper family notification” police said Friday night.
The NYPD said the investigation remains ongoing.
Confirmation Bias
27.5%Confirmation Bias
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27.5%AuthorDavid Giambusso
2.1%PublicationGothamist
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Availability Heuristic
18.3%Availability Heuristic
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18.3%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
0.4%PublicationGothamist
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
1%PublicationGothamist
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Framing Effect
26.1%Framing Effect
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26.1%AuthorDavid Giambusso
16%PublicationGothamist
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Status Quo Bias
9.8%Status Quo Bias
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9.8%AuthorDavid Giambusso
1.5%PublicationGothamist
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
6.8%PublicationGothamist
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
3.6%PublicationGothamist
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Negativity Bias
38.6%Negativity Bias
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38.6%AuthorDavid Giambusso
14.4%PublicationGothamist
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
0.4%PublicationGothamist
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
0.3%PublicationGothamist
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
4.2%PublicationGothamist
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
2.5%PublicationGothamist
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Halo Effect
19%Halo Effect
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19%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Recency Bias
4.6%Recency Bias
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4.6%AuthorDavid Giambusso
2.7%PublicationGothamist
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
30.7%Appeal to Authority
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30.7%AuthorDavid Giambusso
5.2%PublicationGothamist
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
1.4%PublicationGothamist
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
1.6%PublicationGothamist
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Hasty Generalization
18.3%Hasty Generalization
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18.3%AuthorDavid Giambusso
4.8%PublicationGothamist
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
2.3%PublicationGothamist
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
9.8%Burden of Proof
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9.8%AuthorDavid Giambusso
0.3%PublicationGothamist
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
27.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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27.5%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
19%Unattributed Quote
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19%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
17.6%Biased Writer Voice
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17.6%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorDavid Giambusso
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%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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153 words analyzed.
Analysis
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