SFGate80%

Bay Area News 77%

7/21/2026, 1:27:45 PM

Keywords: Bay Area, California

BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 33.3% saturation with 110 hits. Analysis detected 603 faulty-reasoning hits from 330 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 68.7% and a BS Rank of 77% (4,935 of 21,137 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 76.70% of the article peer group.

Experimental drug shows 'phenomenal' results fighting Calif. fungal disease 
Valley fever has risen nearly tenfold since 2001 in California. 
‘Exceptional’: Monterey Bay captain captures airborne killer whales and dolphins 
The captain recounts the whole drama. 
Sausalito city manager arrested just weeks after starting her position 
Elaine Forbes was arrested on suspicion of a yacht burglary over the weekend. 
Calif. company still focus of cyclosporiasis outbreak investigation, FDA says 
There are "no confirmed positive sample results" at this time, according to the FDA. 
The $10M race to save a Calif. lake town's last undeveloped shoreline 
Advocates say the development will disrupt the bald eagles who nest nearby. 
What we know about the victims of a deadly boat capsizing in SF Bay 
Two family members have been recovered while two more remain missing. 
Teen among dead in devastating California car crash finally identified 
Although clear photographs of him existed, no one could figure out who he was  until now. 
California Forever dealt huge blow as $3 billion contract goes to Texas 
The controversial project has aspirations to expand Solano County by up to 400,000 residents. 
US Forest Service employees zip-tied, held at gunpoint in California 
"The hostages are OK," the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office confirmed. 
Driver falls 150 feet and crashes on California state beach 
Three people reportedly fled the scene. 
Wreckage found of sunken boat, body recovered in San Francisco Bay 
The San Francisco Police Department has found the wreckage of the vessel Volare. 
Calif. 
BMW driver faces murder charge after alleged 100 mph DUI crash 
Huntington Beach Police Department arrested the 24-year-old on a murder charge. 
'She was amazing': 18-year-old dies after falling at California dam 
Isabella A. 
Fanuele was a successful baker and recent high school graduate. 
Fisher's grim Eel River find solves 4-year-old Calif. disappearance 
A human bone discovered in Mendocino County's Eel River changed the investigation. 
Coast Guard will suspend search for passengers on sunken boat near Alcatraz 
Three passengers are still missing. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 3.3%SFGate: 1.1%Confirmation Bias3.3%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 3.6%SFGate: 1.4%Availability Heuristic3.6%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 5.2%SFGate: 0.6%Hindsight Bias5.2%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 23.3%SFGate: 6.8%Framing Effect23.3%This article: 7.3%SFGate: 0.6%Loss Aversion7.3%This article: 3.6%SFGate: 0.4%Status Quo Bias3.6%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 2.5%Optimism Bias5.8%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 2.5%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 32.7%SFGate: 14.9%Negativity Bias32.7%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 3.0%SFGate: 1.1%Halo Effect3.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 3.0%SFGate: 0.8%Recency Bias3.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.8%Straw Man0.0%This article: 10.3%SFGate: 1.7%Appeal to Authority10.3%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 3.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.4%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 13.9%SFGate: 5.2%Appeal to Emotion13.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 3.6%SFGate: 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)3.6%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 4.2%SFGate: 0.2%Burden of Proof4.2%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 8.5%SFGate: 2.0%Anecdotal8.5%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 9.1%SFGate: 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)9.1%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 3.0%SFGate: 8.8%Unattributed Quote3.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection5.8%This article: 33.3%SFGate: 9.9%Biased Writer Voice33.3%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

330 words analyzed.

Speakers

5speakers22%attributed speech259writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageElaine Forbes • 13 words • 100.0% coverageFDA • 10 words • 0.0% coverageFDA • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageSiskiyou County Sheriff's Office • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageSan Francisco Police Department • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageHuntington Beach Police Department • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Elaine Forbes

100%flagged-word coverage
13 attributed words18% of attributed speech95% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+62.5 ptsWriter: 37.5%Elaine Forbes: 100.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection-7.3 ptsWriter: 7.3%Elaine Forbes: 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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