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Author: Thomas Tracy

Thomas Tracy has ^9.1% among authors. BS Score: 1.5%. Articles analyzed: 57. Words analyzed: 133,056.

Top reasoning patterns

Negativity Bias - 10.4% (13,902 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 8% (10,664 hits)
Framing Effect - 6.7% (8,897 hits)
Biased Writer Voice - 5% (6,624 hits)
Halo Effect - 4.1% (5,416 hits)
Availability Heuristic - 3.8% (5,019 hits)
Hasty Generalization - 3% (3,966 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 2.9% (3,887 hits)

Analyzed articles

NYC murders, shootings fall to historic lows for first half of year, Tisch says ^28.3%

New York Daily News - By Thomas Tracy - 7/2/2026, 9:11 PM

Framing Effect 25% - Anchoring Bias 16.8% - Appeal to Authority 14.6%

The number of shootings and murders in the Big Apple dropped to record lows during the first six months of the year, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday, touting that both killings and shootings in the city are not only below pre-pandemic levels, but the lowest they’ve been in 30 years. The NYPD recorded 122 murders across... more

Daredevil couple climb spire atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal ^23.5%

New York Daily News - By Colin Mixson, Rocco Parascandola, Emma Seiwell, Thomas Tracy - 7/1/2026, 5:04 PM

Halo Effect 12% - Framing Effect 9.6% - Availability Heuristic 9.4%

A daredevil couple climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday and unfurled a banner about love during an apparent marriage proposal. Cops were called to the iconic W. 34th St. skyscraper after Ivan “Vanya” Beerkus and Angela Nikolau, stars of a 2024 Netflix documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story,”... more

Brooklyn woman fatally shot in neck, boyfriend sought for questioning ^27.1%

New York Daily News - By Thomas Tracy - 7/1/2026, 11:54 AM

Appeal to Authority 70.5% - Unattributed Quote 62.3% - Availability Heuristic 19.7%

A 24-year-old woman was fatally shot in the neck inside her Brooklyn apartment and cops are looking to question her boyfriend, NYPD officials said Wednesday. Tatiana Pettus was murdered in her home on Foster Ave. near E. 29th St. in Flatbush about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Neighbors heard an argument and called 911. Medics rushed... more

Foul odor leads to discovery of rotting corpse in chimney of Queens public school ^8.8%

New York Daily News - By Thomas Tracy - 6/30/2026, 4:04 PM

Negativity Bias 41.3% - Appeal to Emotion 16.9% - Quote-first Misdirection 16.9%

A rotting human corpse was found stuffed in the chimney of a Queens public school Tuesday, police said. An exterminator investigating a foul odor at PS/IS 113, the Anthony Pranzo School, in Glendale found the remains in the chimney just before 9 a.m. Cops are now trying to identify the adult male. School ended for the summer on Friday... more

Senior at heart of Brooklyn property dispute that led to massive protest and arrests sent back to Georgia ^25.5%

New York Daily News - By Emma Seiwell, Rocco Parascandola, John Annese, Thomas Tracy - 6/27/2026, 10:23 PM

Negativity Bias 42.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23% - Biased Writer Voice 13.2%

An 84-year-old grandfather at the heart of an ongoing property dispute over a Brooklyn brownstone that sparked protests and a handful of arrests was taken into custody by the city Sheriff’s Office and sent back to Georgia, where he’s a ward of the state, the Daily News has learned. A Brooklyn civil court judge had ordered New York City... more

Man slashed MTA subway conductor’s face after she told him stand clear of doors: prosecutors ^48.8%

New York Daily News - By Rebecca White, Thomas Tracy - 6/26/2026, 8:41 PM

Negativity Bias 33.2% - Appeal to Emotion 16.7% - Confirmation Bias 14.7%

MTA menace Isaiah Thompson didn’t want to stand clear of the closing doors — so he violently slashed the MTA Bronx subway conductor who had asked him to do so, prosecutors said Friday at the beginning of the suspect’s assault trial. “Shut the f— up! Don’t tell me what to do!” Thompson screamed at the MTA worker before grabbing her and... more

Family suspects antisemitism in mysterious murder of 75-year-old rabbi in Queens park ^18.6%

New York Daily News - By Emma Seiwell, Rocco Parascandola, Thomas Tracy - 6/25/2026, 5:58 PM

Appeal to Emotion 17.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 13.5% - Anecdotal 11.7%

A religious 75-year-old grandfather mysteriously gunned down by a Queens lake last month may have been the victim of an antisemitic hate crime, the victim’s shattered family said Thursday as detectives continue to hunt for clues and a clear motive in the killing. Albert Itzkowitz was enjoying a warm Spring day by Kissena Lake in Kissena... more

Frank Carone, ally of former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, arrested by feds for bribery scheme ^44.5%

New York Daily News - By John Annese, Thomas Tracy - 6/24/2026, 11:45 AM

Halo Effect 21.4% - Negativity Bias 18% - Framing Effect 16.8%

Frank Carone, a close friend and longtime political confidant to former New York Mayor Eric Adams, was arrested on a federal indictment Wednesday, the Daily News has learned. Carone’s brother, Anthony Carone, Yan Po Zhu, who owns a hotel in Long Island City, and Crystal Chen, who works for Zhu, were also arrested in what a source... more

Gunman dead, NYPD cop shot in leg following heated stand off in Brooklyn building ^7.7%

New York Daily News - By Theodore Parisienne, Rocco Parascandola, Thomas Tracy - 6/19/2026, 1:58 PM

Framing Effect 18.4% - Negativity Bias 16% - Halo Effect 5.5%

An NYPD cop was shot in the leg inside a Brooklyn apartment building following a heated standoff with an emotionally disturbed gunman who was killed in the exchange of gunfire Friday, police said. The shooting occurred inside the gunman’s home Kosciuszko St. near Marcy Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant as an elderly couple cowered in an... more

Viewing pens filled to capacity hours before Knicks NYC Canyon of Heroes ticker-tape parade ^27.5%

New York Daily News - By Thomas Tracy - 6/18/2026, 12:32 PM

Appeal to Authority 32.1% - Availability Heuristic 31.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 27.7%

Scores of Knicks fans were turned away from Thursday’s Knicks ticker-tape parade after the viewing pens along the Canyon of Heroes filled to capacity more than two hours before the celebration is set to kick off. “All viewing pens are full,” NYPD officials announced on X at 7:30 a.m. “No one else will be allowed... more

Author: Thomas Tracy

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

NYC murders, shootings fall to historic lows for first half of year, Tisch says 28.3%

Daredevil couple climb spire atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal 23.5%

Brooklyn woman fatally shot in neck, boyfriend sought for questioning 27.1%

Foul odor leads to discovery of rotting corpse in chimney of Queens public school 8.8%

Senior at heart of Brooklyn property dispute that led to massive protest and arrests sent back to Georgia 25.5%

Man slashed MTA subway conductor’s face after she told him stand clear of doors: prosecutors 48.8%

Family suspects antisemitism in mysterious murder of 75-year-old rabbi in Queens park 18.6%

Frank Carone, ally of former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, arrested by feds for bribery scheme 44.5%

Gunman dead, NYPD cop shot in leg following heated stand off in Brooklyn building 7.7%

Viewing pens filled to capacity hours before Knicks NYC Canyon of Heroes ticker-tape parade 27.5%