KQED⁠61%

San Francisco's Congressional Race, Local Tax Ballot Measures, and Richmond’s Mayoral Election ⁠4%

By Alan Montecillo⁠0% Sydney Johnson⁠59% Guy Marzorati⁠71% Jessica Kariisa⁠0%

5/29/2026, 10:00:31 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including False Dilemma, Biased Writer Voice, and Framing Effect, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 14.7% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 148 faulty-reasoning hits from 170 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 18.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠4% (21,040 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 96.10% of the article peer group.

In this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Alan Montecillo is joined by KQED political correspondent Guy Marzorati and KQED reporter Sydney Johnson ahead of California’s primary election on Tuesday, June 2. 
They preview the race to replace Rep. 
Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, Measures A and E in San Jose and Oakland, and the mayoral election in the city of Richmond. 
Links: 
2026 Primary Voter Guide: California and Bay Area Elections | KQED 
After Pelosi, Young SF Voters Want Change. 
2 Progressives Are Competing to Offer It | KQED 
LISTEN: San Francisco’s Congressional Debate 
The Measure E parcel tax fight is hot — and pricey 
Will Richmond’s next mayor be a progressive, a moderate or a staunch conservative? 
Richmond mayoral candidates take stances on green jobs, safety and life beyond Chevron 
Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.7%CalMatters: 1.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.9%CalMatters: 0.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 2.7%CalMatters: 3.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 10.6%Alan Montecillo: 8.5%CalMatters: 6.3%Framing Effect10.6%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.6%CalMatters: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.6%CalMatters: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.8%CalMatters: 3.5%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 3.0%CalMatters: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 6.5%Alan Montecillo: 8.1%CalMatters: 6.4%Negativity Bias6.5%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.2%CalMatters: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 5.3%Alan Montecillo: 2.3%CalMatters: 1.7%In-Group Bias5.3%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.7%CalMatters: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 4.0%CalMatters: 2.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 2.5%CalMatters: 0.9%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 4.1%Alan Montecillo: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.3%Primacy Effect4.1%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.6%CalMatters: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.6%CalMatters: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 12.9%Alan Montecillo: 3.3%CalMatters: 1.1%False Dilemma12.9%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 4.1%Alan Montecillo: 3.6%CalMatters: 3.6%Hasty Generalization4.1%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 6.5%Alan Montecillo: 2.6%CalMatters: 5.3%Appeal to Emotion6.5%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.8%CalMatters: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.6%CalMatters: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.6%CalMatters: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.3%CalMatters: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 7.6%Alan Montecillo: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Middle Ground7.6%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 14.7%Alan Montecillo: 4.0%CalMatters: 0.8%Unattributed Quote14.7%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 11.8%Alan Montecillo: 6.3%CalMatters: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice11.8%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 1.0%CalMatters: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.9%CalMatters: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Alan Montecillo: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 2.9%Alan Montecillo: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…2.9%

170 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker12%attributed speech150writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 33 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageKQED • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageKQED • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

KQED

45%flagged-word coverage
20 attributed words100% of attributed speech41% writer coverage
0%10.0%20.0%Unattributed Quote-16.7 ptsWriter: 16.7%KQED: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-13.3 ptsWriter: 13.3%KQED: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -3.3 ptsWriter: 3.3%KQED: 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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