Speaker summary
⁠32%12 analyzed articles/videos375.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Fire Department results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 22% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 256 faulty-reasoning hits from 375.333 analyzed words across 12 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (41,073 of 45,503 speakers). This San Francisco Fire Department is better (less manipulative) than 90.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

10% percentile
02550751009.7% percentile
8.6% BS Score12 analyzed videos375.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 22.0%22.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.2%5.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 9.7%9.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 22.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 9.7%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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Woman on scooter killed in downtown collision⁠17%
The San Francisco Standard⁠57%By George Kelly⁠35% Garrett Leahy⁠19%8/7/2026, 9:57:33 AM
Bayview Buzz: SFMTA fixes T-line, oyster bar to replace long-shuttered cafe⁠13%
Mission Local⁠38%By Marina Newman⁠26%7/29/2026, 12:10:05 PM
Mission District police chase ends in crash outside Audi dealership, 8 injured⁠40%
Mission Local⁠38%By Aaliyah Español-Rivas⁠16%7/20/2026, 4:54:35 PM
Post Ho…6%
S.F. firefighters extinguish blaze in 6-story Tenderloin apartment building⁠1%
Mission Local⁠38%By Rosina Boehm⁠42%7/19/2026, 2:27:48 PM
Availab…21%Halo Ef…9%Post Ho…14%
S.F. Tenderloin apartment building evacuated as crews battle fire on multiple floors⁠4%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠31%By Michael Barba⁠6%7/19/2026, 1:04:25 PM
Halo Ef…4%Appeal …43%Anecdot…17%Ambigui…4%
San Francisco Tenderloin fire at 6-story aparment building⁠8%
KTVU FOX 2⁠26%By KTVU Staff⁠9%7/19/2026, 12:25:57 PM
S.F. street ‘gutted’ after pair of recent fires shutters beloved businesses⁠38%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠31%By Anna Bauman⁠8%7/17/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Body pulled from San Francisco Bay after deadly boat accident near Alcatraz⁠35%
California Post⁠94%By Zain Khan⁠78%7/16/2026, 5:36:01 PM
SF Bay tragedy: Another body from capsized boat recovered as Coast Guard search nears end⁠17%
The San Francisco Standard⁠57%By Garrett Leahy⁠19% George Kelly⁠35% Max Harrison-Caldwell⁠54% Kevin Truong⁠38% Jennifer Wadsworth⁠46% Michael McLaughlin⁠41%7/15/2026, 4:35:38 PM
One person dead and 16 rescued after boat fire off Alcatraz Island⁠34%
The Independent⁠68%By Josh Marcus⁠76%7/14/2026, 6:10:34 PM
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