Speaker summary
⁠41%9 analyzed articles/videos120.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These City officials results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Anchoring Bias, and Loss Aversion, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 21.4% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 113 faulty-reasoning hits from 120.667 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 16.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠27% (25,742 of 35,283 speakers). This City officials is better (less manipulative) than 73.00% of the peer group.
City officials
Speaker ranking list
PercentileSpeakerBS Score
⁠0%The Brookings Institution1%
⁠0%Gen Jack Keane1%
⁠0%MARGARET BRENNAN1%
⁠0%Shahryar Yadegar1%
⁠0%Mike Muse1%
⁠27%City officials (selected)17%
⁠100%314 Action Fund100%
⁠100%21 Grams100%
⁠100%2035 Initiative100%
⁠100%1X representative100%
⁠100%1455 Storytelling Arts100%

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

27% percentile
025507510027.0% percentile
16.8% BS Score9 analyzed videos120.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Speaker 21.8%21.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 21.4%21.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 8.0%8.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Speaker 10.7%, sitewide 26.9%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 4.0%Loss Aversion: Speaker 21.8%, sitewide 2.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 21.4%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

St. Petersburg crosswalk upgrades: City improves school zone safety⁠51%
FOX 13 News⁠24%7/31/2026, 2:55:37 PM
NYC’s wildfire smoke clears after second-worst event in modern record⁠51%
Gothamist⁠85%By Michael Sol Warren⁠81%7/19/2026, 1:27:00 PM
West Nile detected in Worcester⁠20%
WBUR News⁠21%By Roberto Scalese⁠26%7/15/2026, 8:31:08 AM
NYC advances Bronx busway to speed commutes, improve safety along Tremont Avenue⁠39%
Gothamist⁠85%By Cory Schouten⁠52%7/15/2026, 5:06:17 AM
After Months of Budget Protests, Advocates Learned Clinic Closures Were Never Up for Debate⁠13%
San Francisco Public Press⁠25%By Sylvie Sturm⁠61%7/3/2026, 5:59:50 PM
Evictions of formerly homeless people continued after NYC told landlords to ease up⁠33%
Gothamist⁠85%By Karen Yi⁠68%6/23/2026, 3:31:00 AM
Weekend Listen: Aurora Avenue residents call for urgent gun violence measures, Longview rallies after paper mill disaster, students in Bothell are fighting for their SRO, and great blue herons find a home in Redmond⁠63%
KUOW⁠82%By Patricia Murphy⁠0%6/6/2026, 5:00:00 AM
L.A. voters turning down measure to raise hotel bed tax ahead of Olympics⁠50%
Los Angeles Times⁠87%By Sandra McDonald⁠0%6/4/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Early voting in Travis County has begun. Here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.⁠5%
Austin Monitor⁠25%By Katy McAfee⁠3% KUT News⁠2%10/20/2025, 4:10:00 AM