Fox News89%

Multiple rescued from pontoon boat near Alcatraz as search continues for missing persons 8%

By Michael Sinkewicz42%

7/14/2026, 5:33:31 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Availability Heuristic, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 31.8% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 197 faulty-reasoning hits from 107 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 24.8% and a BS Rank of 8% (20,154 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the article peer group.

Two people are missing, and 17 others were rescued Tuesday from a pontoon boat near Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, authorities said. 
One of the 17 people pulled from the water was receiving CPR, while one person remained missing, San Francisco Fire Lt. 
Mariano Elias said. 
Elias described the vessel as a "pontoon pleasure boat" that was roughly 600 yards from Alcatraz Island when the fire started. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.6%Fox Nation: 4.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.7%Fox Nation: 1.2%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 19.6%Michael Sinkewicz: 2.3%Fox Nation: 3.6%Availability Heuristic19.6%This article: 19.6%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.8%Fox Nation: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic19.6%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.3%Fox Nation: 0.9%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 2.5%Fox Nation: 3.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 31.8%Michael Sinkewicz: 5.4%Fox Nation: 11.9%Framing Effect31.8%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.3%Fox Nation: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.7%Fox Nation: 0.9%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.4%Michael Sinkewicz: 3.2%Fox Nation: 2.8%Optimism Bias8.4%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.6%Fox Nation: 1.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 31.8%Michael Sinkewicz: 5.2%Fox Nation: 10.8%Negativity Bias31.8%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 2.4%Fox Nation: 2.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.6%Fox Nation: 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.3%Fox Nation: 3.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.3%Fox Nation: 1.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.8%Fox Nation: 2.9%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.4%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.3%Fox Nation: 1.4%Recency Bias8.4%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.2%Fox Nation: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 2.0%Fox Nation: 2.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.7%Straw Man0.0%This article: 9.3%Michael Sinkewicz: 3.5%Fox Nation: 5.1%Appeal to Authority9.3%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.0%Fox Nation: 1.8%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.2%Fox Nation: 1.1%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 3.1%Fox Nation: 6.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.4%Fox Nation: 0.6%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.4%Fox Nation: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 4.7%Fox Nation: 7.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.7%Fox Nation: 1.3%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 2.4%Fox Nation: 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.2%Fox Nation: 0.3%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.2%Fox Nation: 0.6%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.1%Fox Nation: 2.4%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 19.6%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.8%Fox Nation: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)19.6%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.0%Fox Nation: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.6%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 19.6%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.2%Fox Nation: 1.8%Unattributed Quote19.6%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.8%Fox Nation: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.1%Fox Nation: 6.2%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 8.4%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.3%Fox Nation: 1.4%Indoctrination8.4%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.1%Fox Nation: 0.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Michael Sinkewicz: 1.5%Fox Nation: 3.4%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.5%Michael Sinkewicz: 0.7%Fox Nation: 1.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.5%

107 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers29%attributed speech76writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 100.0% coverageMariano Elias • 3 words • 0.0% coverageMariano Elias • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageThe Associated Press • 7 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Mariano Elias

100%flagged-word coverage
24 attributed words77% of attributed speech67% writer coverage
0%15.0%30.0%Unattributed Quote-27.6 ptsWriter: 27.6%Mariano Elias: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-11.8 ptsWriter: 11.8%Mariano Elias: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -10.5 ptsWriter: 10.5%Mariano Elias: 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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