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7/22/2026, 1:53:45 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Overconfidence Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 28% saturation with 53 hits. Analysis detected 384 faulty-reasoning hits from 189 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51% and a BS Rank of 52% (10,685 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 51.20% of the article peer group.

Lee might be the most popular player on the team. 
An awkward discussion was edited out of the audio from the show. 
It sounds like the league is done talking about this. 
Flora starred at the same high school as another Giants legend. 
Wednesday might be a day the All-Star pitcher would rather forget. 
The Giants barely avoided getting no-hit in falling to a season-worst record. 
Roupp and the team were cheered when they took the field on Thursday. 
KNBR announced the switch less than 90 minutes before the scheduled interview time. 
"You broke my heart and my heart needs to heal," one gay Giants fan said. 
It's the first time any Giants executive has addressed the Pride Night protest. 
Rob Manfred wrote that the Giants' communication was "inadequate and not clear." 
Devers ranks in the 22nd percentile in sprint speed, according to MLB's Statcast. 
The controversy and ensuing backlash is well beyond the scope of MLB now. 
Patrons at gay sports bar Hi Tops react to Pride Night protests by Giants players. 
The team sharply criticized its players in announcing the forfeited game. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.3%SFGate: 1.4%Availability Heuristic5.3%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 12.2%SFGate: 0.6%Overconfidence Bias12.2%This article: 6.9%SFGate: 6.8%Framing Effect6.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 6.9%SFGate: 0.4%Status Quo Bias6.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 2.5%Optimism Bias5.8%This article: 11.1%SFGate: 2.5%Pessimism Bias11.1%This article: 28.0%SFGate: 14.9%Negativity Bias28.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 0.6%Fundamental Attribution Error5.8%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 7.9%SFGate: 0.3%In-Group Bias7.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 1.1%Halo Effect5.8%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 6.9%SFGate: 0.8%Recency Bias6.9%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: 19.0%SFGate: 1.7%Appeal to Authority19.0%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: 12.2%SFGate: 3.0%Hasty Generalization12.2%This article: 6.9%SFGate: 0.4%Red Herring6.9%This article: 6.9%SFGate: 0.2%Bandwagon6.9%This article: 7.9%SFGate: 5.2%Appeal to Emotion7.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.2%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 5.8%SFGate: 0.3%Composition/Division5.8%This article: 13.8%SFGate: 2.0%Anecdotal13.8%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 12.2%SFGate: 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)12.2%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: 7.9%SFGate: 8.8%Unattributed Quote7.9%This article: 7.9%SFGate: 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection7.9%This article: 0.0%SFGate: 9.9%Biased Writer Voice0.0%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%

189 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers13%attributed speech164writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageKNBR • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageRob Manfred • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Rob Manfred

100%flagged-word coverage
12 attributed words48% of attributed speech90% writer coverage
0%5.0%10.0%Unattributed Quote-9.1 ptsWriter: 9.1%Rob Manfred: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-9.1 ptsWriter: 9.1%Rob Manfred: 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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