KQED⁠61%

These Protesters Could Go to Prison for Blocking the Golden Gate Bridge ⁠80%

By Ericka Cruz Guevarra⁠0%

5/27/2026, 3:00:07 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Politically Left Leaning Bias, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 45.1% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 244 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (4,370 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 80.00% of the article peer group.

On April 15, 2024, dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the Golden Gate Bridge, in an attempt to pressure the U.S. government into ending military aid for Israel’s bombing and invasion of Gaza. 
Now, seven of those protesters are on trial facing felony charges in San Francisco. 
If convicted, they could face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 18.3%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.6%CalMatters: 0.9%Anchoring Bias18.3%This article: 45.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.7%CalMatters: 3.0%Availability Heuristic45.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.8%CalMatters: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 36.6%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 13.1%CalMatters: 6.3%Framing Effect36.6%This article: 18.3%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.8%CalMatters: 1.0%Loss Aversion18.3%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.2%CalMatters: 3.5%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 18.3%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.8%CalMatters: 1.4%Pessimism Bias18.3%This article: 16.9%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 10.4%CalMatters: 6.4%Negativity Bias16.9%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.2%CalMatters: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 45.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 3.1%CalMatters: 1.7%In-Group Bias45.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.2%CalMatters: 2.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 19.7%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.4%CalMatters: 0.9%Recency Bias19.7%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.7%CalMatters: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.7%CalMatters: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.6%CalMatters: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 3.9%CalMatters: 3.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 45.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.1%CalMatters: 5.3%Appeal to Emotion45.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.5%CalMatters: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.7%CalMatters: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.1%CalMatters: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 18.3%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Middle Ground18.3%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.6%CalMatters: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.2%CalMatters: 0.8%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 16.9%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 7.9%CalMatters: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice16.9%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.9%CalMatters: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 45.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.0%CalMatters: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias45.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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