Speaker summary
39% 22 analyzed articles/videos 1,435.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Police Department results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Burden of Proof , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 10.4% saturation with 290 hits . Analysis detected 1,968.582 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,435.333 analyzed words across 22 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 2% (43,670 of 44,410 speakers). This San Francisco Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 98.30% of the peer group. San Francisco Police Department
Speaker details
Total words: 1,435.333
Article count: 22
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.7% percentile 3.9% BS Score22 analyzed videos1.4K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 5.7% 5.7% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.0% 4.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 7.5% 7.5% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 10.3% 10.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 5.9% 5.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Speaker 1.1% 1.1% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 6.3% 6.3% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 2.4% 2.4% 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: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 9.1% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 7.5% Burden of Proof: Speaker 7.5%, sitewide 0.4% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 6.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 6.3%, sitewide 0.8% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 0.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 5.9%, sitewide 1.1% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.1%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 4.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Speaker 0.5%, sitewide 2.7% Special Pleading: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 0.3% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 2.2% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
SFGate 54% 7/21/2026, 6:27:45 AM