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7/30/2026, 6:17:37 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Negativity Bias, and Recency Bias, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 19 hits. Analysis detected 119 faulty-reasoning hits from 184 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 29.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠23% (22,666 of 29,405 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 77.10% of the article peer group.

The 49ers are "exploring all options" on a recurring injury for the wide receiver. 
Farhan Zaidi was contemplating a sell-off with the Giants just two years ago. 
No one is safe on a team that's 17 games below .500. 
Harrison Bader's already injured foot got hurt worse over the weekend. 
Shanahan said he was reaching for his phone when the crash occurred. 
The team sent out renewals for season tickets this week, with some big price jumps. 
Sports are set to return starting in the 2027-28 school year. 
"To accuse me of a cover-up, I'm going to fire back," one Bay Area reporter wrote. 
The chapter is the first on a college campus within this players association. 
Shanahan sustained multiple fractures and needed over 40 stitches. 
Apparently, Bosa has held a grudge against the NFL analyst for years. 
Live Oak Little League is heading to North Carolina for the world championships. 
Things are getting desperate at Oracle Park. 
"That's just a complete and total failure by the umpires." 
The pilot program for this new service began on July 11. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 6.5%SFGate: 1.5%Confirmation Bias6.5%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.5%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 2.7%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 5.4%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.5%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.5%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 10.3%SFGate: 2.4%Pessimism Bias10.3%This article: 8.2%SFGate: 11.4%Negativity Bias8.2%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.8%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 7.1%SFGate: 0.8%Recency Bias7.1%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.9%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.2%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 6.5%SFGate: 4.0%Hasty Generalization6.5%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 5.4%SFGate: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion5.4%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 6.5%SFGate: 1.5%Anecdotal6.5%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.4%SFGate: 5.3%Unattributed Quote5.4%This article: 8.7%SFGate: 2.1%Quote-first Misdirection8.7%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 10.0%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

184 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker6.5%attributed speech172writer words
Selected voice

Shanahan

0%flagged-word coverage
12 attributed words100% of attributed speech49% writer coverage
0%5.0%10.0%Quote-first Misdirection-9.3 ptsWriter: 9.3%Shanahan: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-5.8 ptsWriter: 5.8%Shanahan: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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