Publication summary
59%67 analyzed articles/videos58,599 analyzed words
BS Summary: These The San Francisco Standard results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 13,856 hits. Analysis detected 156,194 faulty-reasoning hits from 243,569 analyzed words across 67 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 35% (361 of 548 publications). This The San Francisco Standard is better (less manipulative) than 65.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed publications

34% percentile
025507510034.2% percentile
1.2% BS Score67 analyzed articles243.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

PublicationSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Publication 5.4%5.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Publication 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Publication 3.5%3.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Publication 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Publication 0.7%0.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Publication 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Publication 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Publication 4.1%4.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Publication 2.2%2.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Publication 3.3%3.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Publication 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Publication 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Publication 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Publication 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Publication 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Publication 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Publication 4.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Publication 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Publication 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 2.1%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide ratePublication rate

Analyzed articles and videos

‘An incorrigible menace’: Feds paint a damning picture of a San Francisco fraudster28%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Jonah Owen Lamb28%8/4/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Castro Theatre contractor sued for alleged ‘badly botched’ renovations7%
The San Francisco Standard59%By George Kelly33% Michael McLaughlin37%8/3/2026, 12:19:46 PM
One year later: How Buster Posey fared at his first trade deadline with the Giants29%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Kerry Crowley85%8/3/2026, 10:00:00 AM
California’s pension funds are rigged to stick taxpayers with the bill69%
The San Francisco Standard59%By David Crane87%8/3/2026, 6:00:00 AM
One billboard, $3M a year: Welcome to AI’s advertising arms race64%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Max Harrison-Caldwell51%8/3/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Look who’s back: Mohammed Nuru has returned to San Francisco … and City Hall26%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez53% Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler43% Maggie Angst24% Ezra Wallach0%8/2/2026, 6:00:00 PM
California Democratic Party endorses wealth tax after contested floor fight40%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Jennifer Wadsworth42%8/2/2026, 12:50:00 PM
The war over the Marina Safeway was decided before it could ever be fought46%
The San Francisco Standard59%By Kevin V. Nguyen56%8/2/2026, 6:00:00 AM
Why Heliot Ramos could be the Giants’ most valuable trade chip40%
The San Francisco Standard59%By John Shea48%8/2/2026, 6:00:00 AM
What Deebo Samuel’s return — and Ricky Pearsall’s surgery — mean for the 49ers’ offense30%
The San Francisco Standard59%By David Lombardi29%8/1/2026, 3:27:38 PM