Author: Josh Marcus
Josh Marcus
has 17.7% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 19.
Words analyzed: 36,305.
Analyzed articles
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 6/30/2026, 2:00 AM
Framing Effect 46.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 42.6% - Availability Heuristic 41.8%
This month’s historic, $85 billion SpaceX initial public offering is expected to drive a luxury housing boom in Los Angeles, where Elon Musk’s rocket company has a large base of operations. The stock sale, which temporarily made Musk the world’s first trillionaire, is projected to mint at least 4,000 new millionaires between current and... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 6/24/2026, 8:14 AM
Negativity Bias 30.8% - Availability Heuristic 15.2% - Confirmation Bias 12%
The Trump administration has put up fencing around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where the White House has struggled to manage algae blooms and a cracking seal on one of its signature Washington renovation projects. On Tuesday, TMZ captured video of workers putting up a chain-link fence around sections of the landmark, which the... more
The Independent
- By Diego Pineda, Josh Marcus
- 6/23/2026, 12:45 AM
Appeal to Emotion 22.7% - Negativity Bias 18.3% - Framing Effect 16%
The gunman who opened fire at a Montreal hotel on Monday and killed a police officer may have had ties to the misogynistic "incel" movement, though police have not publicly disclosed any information about the attacker’s motive. The shooter, who was fatally shot by responding officers, released a “manifesto against women” whose contents... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 6/19/2026, 8:43 PM
Negativity Bias 55.4% - Unattributed Quote 53% - Availability Heuristic 28.8%
President Donald Trump reportedly raged against Vice President JD Vance last year for not using the boss’s chosen line that American planes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. “Trump vented to others that Vance hadn’t repeated his own new phrase that Iran’s nuclear program had been ‘totally obliterated,’” according to an excerpt... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 6/8/2026, 1:40 AM
Framing Effect 24.1% - Appeal to Emotion 22.1% - Negativity Bias 19.5%
A stabbing inside New York City’s bustling Penn Station on Sunday evening injured six people, including one seriously, according to the New York City Fire Department. Two other people with moderate injuries and another two with minor injuries were taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, and a sixth individual was taken with minor... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 6/7/2026, 1:21 AM
Anecdotal 30.6% - Quote-first Misdirection 15.2% - Optimism Bias 14.1%
Police in Ohio are hunting for a suspect after a shooting near a festival in Toledo reportedly wounded eight people. Officers responded around 5:40 p.m. local time to a report about a person shot near Toledo’s Old West End Festival, a two-day event featuring food markets and live music. The shooting injured eight people, who are all... more
The Independent
- By Graeme Massie, Josh Marcus
- 6/3/2026, 1:14 AM
Appeal to Authority 55.1% - Halo Effect 24.9% - Framing Effect 16.7%
A suspect with a bomb strapped to his body allegedly barricaded himself inside a California bank Tuesday afternoon with an unknown number of hostages. The situation in the Southern California city of Bakersfield has been unfolding since about 1 p.m. Police there said that “several community members” were inside a Chase Bank building on... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 5/29/2026, 11:39 PM
Negativity Bias 28.7% - Framing Effect 14.2% - Halo Effect 12%
The Pentagon is reportedly recruiting service members to sit in the crowd for President Donald Trump’s birthday UFC fight on the White House lawn, requiring that the troops pay their way at the event — and meet exacting physical fitness requirements. Air Force troops considering taking up the offer were told they must meet the “CURRENT... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus, Joe Sommerlad
- 5/19/2026, 1:11 PM
Halo Effect 5.1% - Negativity Bias 4.6% - Hindsight Bias 3.2%
A shooting at an Islamic center in San Diego, California, that left three victims and two teenage suspects dead is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The mother of one of the suspects had put in a desperate 911 call reporting a “runaway juvenile” who had taken guns and a car from her home, whom she feared could be suicidal. As... more
The Independent
- By Josh Marcus
- 5/19/2026, 1:01 AM
Appeal to Emotion 11.6% - Appeal to Authority 6.2% - Overconfidence Bias 5.4%
The mother of one of the suspects in today’s shooting outside a San Diego mosque warned police earlier in the day that her son had run away, taken multiple weapons and might be suicidal. She added that the teen had left with a companion, and that both were wearing camouflage clothing, police said Monday. Officers were speaking with the... more