Author: Samantha Max
Samantha Max
has 17.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 16.
Words analyzed: 46,624.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 7/2/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 12.6% - Availability Heuristic 10.1% - Framing Effect 8.4%
Taylor Swift is reported to be getting married this Friday at Madison Square Garden, just weeks after she was there cheering on the Knicks at Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Swift will likely be exchanging more than just paper rings when she says “I do” to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. But her football playing-beau isn’t the only... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 6/27/2026, 10:30 AM
Biased Writer Voice 12.7% - Begging the Question 12% - Negativity Bias 11.5%
Hundreds of families in Brooklyn and Queens could lose access to services aimed at preventing children from going into foster care if funding cuts suggested in the mayor’s budget are approved. The mayor’s proposed budget recommends cutting about $2.7 million from organizations that provide support to families on the brink of separation.... more
Gothamist
- By Ben Feuerherd, Samantha Max
- 6/10/2026, 10:01 AM
Appeal to Emotion 21.5% - Availability Heuristic 19.6% - Halo Effect 14.5%
On a small basketball court in bustling South Williamsburg, Malik Kaiser Covington Jr. is running point guard as he and friends from a local high school play half-court on a recent sunny afternoon. The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades, and 17-year-old Kaiser Covington and his friends are... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 6/9/2026, 10:01 AM
Negativity Bias 46.2% - Appeal to Authority 30.8% - Appeal to Emotion 24%
New York City’s child welfare agency illegally took a 6-day-old baby away from his father, according to a recent decision from a federal appeals court that legal experts say could affect families across the city. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled last month that the Administration for Children’s Services... more
Gothamist
- By Michael Sol Warren, Samantha Max
- 6/7/2026, 1:34 PM
Unattributed Quote 11.2% - Availability Heuristic 8.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 8.5%
There will be no watch party outside of Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, when the New York Knicks return home for their first championship game in nearly three decades. A spokesperson for the NYPD said the decision was made in coordination with the Secret Service because of President Donald Trump's... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 6/6/2026, 8:17 PM
Appeal to Emotion 12.3% - Negativity Bias 7.5% - Anecdotal 7.5%
A Long Island teen faces charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal weapons possession in the shooting of a 15-year-old on the A train earlier this year, the Queens district attorney’s office said. A Queens judge ordered that Matthew Rodriguez, 19, of Levittown, be held in custody without bail on Friday after he was extradited... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 5/8/2026, 6:25 PM
Appeal to Authority 35.6% - Negativity Bias 21.3% - Anchoring Bias 16.5%
A Brooklyn jury convicted an 87-year-old of killing and dismembering a woman in an East New York apartment, the district attorney’s office announced Friday. The defendant, Harvey Marcelin, was on parole at the time after being convicted of two other killings. Jurors found Marcelin guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 4/20/2026, 8:55 PM
Appeal to Authority 15.2% - Negativity Bias 10.2% - Optimism Bias 9.6%
A former NYPD sergeant convicted of manslaughter for throwing a cooler at a man during a drug bust was released from state prison Monday, according to corrections officials. Erik Duran, 38, is leaving Elmira Correctional Facility in Western New York less than two weeks after a Bronx judge sentenced him to three to nine years in prison,... more
Gothamist
- By Samantha Max
- 4/15/2026, 7:14 PM
Negativity Bias 36.3% - Appeal to Emotion 20.7% - Confirmation Bias 11.8%
Two teens accused of attempting to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack outside Gracie Mansion last month pleaded not guilty to terrorism and weapons charges in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were arrested outside the mayor’s residence during a far-right, anti-Muslim protest after... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein, Samantha Max
- 4/13/2026, 8:18 PM
Appeal to Authority 30.7% - Anecdotal 25.7% - Confirmation Bias 17.3%
Loved ones say accused Grand Central slasher, killed by NYPD, had no violent history Family and friends of the man police shot and killed at the Grand Central subway station Saturday said he had no history of violence — and say the NYPD’s description of a man slashing older people with a machete doesn’t sound like the person they knew.... more