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Why won’t the Times name ALL the thieves it has ID’d up in Albany?

Nypost · · 357 words · By Post Editorial Board
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Nypost reports: Why won’t the Times name ALL the thieves it has ID’d up in Albany?.

Claims checked 7
Techniques found 5
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
Left0%
Center83%
Right17%

6 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

Nypost reports: Why won’t the Times name ALL the thieves it has ID’d up in Albany?.

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Common ground

Add The New York Post on Google It sure looks like The New York Times has some weird agenda when it reports on apparent petty theft involving at least 130 state legislators — but only names one .

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Doubt: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Doubt 70% confidence
Questioning the credibility of a source or claim without providing evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Scapegoating 80% confidence
Blaming a person or group for problems they did not cause.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Ad Hominem 80% confidence
Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jessica Ramos [is] a longtime Working Families Party stalwart”
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While the Jessica Ramos Wikipedia page doesn't explicitly use the word 'stalwart', the provided evidence includes Wikipedia entries for the Working Families Party and a list of its public officeholders, and the claim is a common political description. However, the provided evidence for this specific claim is weak/generic. Given the context of her political alignment in NY, it is highly likely, but the provided snippets are mostly disambiguation pages. I will mark as single_source/insufficient based strictly on the provided snippets, but since she is a known progressive Democrat in NY, it's plausible. Actually, looking at the evidence provided, there is no direct quote confirming 'stalwart' status, only general info about WFP.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jessica Ramos (born June 27, 1985) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, she has represented District 13, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ramos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive political party. WFP very rarely runs candidates solely on the WFP ballot line. Instead, WFP has two strategies for supporting candidates: In states …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Working_Families_Party…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive populist minor political party in the United States. WFP was organized in 1998 as a successor to the New Party by a coalition of labor unions, advocac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Families_Party
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Claim 2: “The Times points to (but, again, won’t name) dozens of legislators still embezzling $300 here and $50 there”
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The provided evidence includes general definitions of embezzlement and a specific archive report about a Mr. Pisani, but nothing that corroborates a current New York Times report about 'dozens of unnamed legislators' embezzling small sums.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Building is a 52-story skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets near Times Square, on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Its c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Building
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_crossword
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Claim 3: “Albany’s “per diem” system — paying legislators a fixed sum to cover their expenses for time in the capital on official business — was abused for decades”
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Multiple sources, including the New York State Assembly's own information and Capitol Perspective, confirm that the per diem system has been abused by legislators seeking reimbursement for days they were not in Albany.
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web search NEUTRAL — Unfortunately, a number of legislators have abused this system by seeking per diem reimbursement for days they weren’t even in Albany. The new law will establish an “enhanced electronic attendance ver…
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/William-A-Barclay/story/62810
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web search NEUTRAL — New York State legislators are the third highest paid in the nation. New York lawmakers get a base salary of $79,500.Abuse of the per diem system by some state lawmakers has been at the center of many…
https://www.nypirg.org/capitolperspective/albany-wants-a-pay…
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web search NEUTRAL — From the inception of the U.S. Congress in 1789 until 1855 (with the exception of one brief period), members of the Senate and House received no salaries and were paid only on a per diem basis while C…
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/congress-per-diem-pay/
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Claim 4: “Jessica Ramos [was] defeated in her last primary”
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Two independent news sources (Queens Daily Eagle and a report on DSA seats) confirm that Jessica Ramos lost her reelection bid in the primary to Jessica González-Rojas.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jessica Ramos is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, she has represented District 13, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ramos
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web search NEUTRAL — Ramos was ousted by her former political ally Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas on Tuesday night, ending a hotly contested primary election for Senate District 13 that was mired in attack ads from…
https://queenseagle.com/all/2026/6/24/jessica-ramos-loses-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ramos lost her reelection bid on Tuesday night to Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, who had the super PAC’s backing.
https://nysfocus.com/2026/06/24/ny-primary-election-results-…
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Claim 5: “Jessica Ramos [endorsed] Andrew Cuomo for mayor”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC7NY, Politico, and a general web search result) confirm that Jessica Ramos endorsed Andrew Cuomo for mayor.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Party primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election took place on June 24, 2025. Voters ranked up to five candidates using ranked-choice voting. The early voting period began on J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_Democratic_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Cuomo, the 56th governor of New York, was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020, with the accusations covering a range of alleged behavior. He denied all of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo_sexual_harassment…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jessica Ramos (born June 27, 1985) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, she has represented District 13, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst, East …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Ramos
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Claim 6: “The New York Times has reports on apparent petty theft involving at least 130 state legislators”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Bing homepage quizzes and general Wikipedia entries about the New York Times. There is no evidence provided that mentions a report on 130 state legislators involved in petty theft.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limit the ab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Magazine is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine
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Claim 7: “The paper reports in great detail on how state Sen. Jessica Ramos looks to have double-billed for travel expenses — getting reimbursed for hotel bills and train tickets by both her campaign accounts and the state”
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A web search result explicitly states that The New York Times reported State Senator Jessica Ramos used campaign funds for travel while simultaneously billing taxpayers for the same charges (double-billing).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly since October 12, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Company is an American mass media corporation that publishes The New York Times and its associated publications such as The New York Times International Edition and other media prop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company
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