Speaker summary
⁠47%5 analyzed articles/videos152.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Los Angeles Department of Water and Power results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 31.6% saturation with 62.742 hits. Analysis detected 268.742 faulty-reasoning hits from 152.667 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 11.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠16% (24,075 of 28,364 speakers). This Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

15% percentile
025507510015.1% percentile
11.7% BS Score5 analyzed videos152.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Speaker 31.6%31.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 12.3%12.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 14.8%14.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 7.8%7.8%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Speaker 5.1%5.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 6.0%6.0%

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%Optimism Bias: Speaker 31.6%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 14.8%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 6.0%, sitewide 8.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 0.5%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 5.1%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism BiasSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

More water pipes burst in Venice, Hollywood as Sunset Strip repairs enter Day 4⁠43%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By Melody Petersen⁠74%7/19/2026, 2:14:23 PM
'Everything's destroyed': Buzzy Sunset Strip cafe closes indefinitely due to water main break⁠39%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By Stephanie Breijo⁠70%7/17/2026, 5:08:10 PM
West Hollywood rupture was L.A.’s worst in years: 17 million gallons spilled, Sunset Boulevard closed for days⁠27%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By Hannah Fry⁠49% Jazmin Alvarado⁠0%7/17/2026, 7:34:51 AM
Sunset Strip flooded by ruptured 110-year-old water line, another blow to L.A.’s ancient infrastructure⁠11%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By Hannah Fry⁠49% Dakota Smith⁠63% Summer Lin⁠59%7/16/2026, 6:11:37 AM
Lineage sought change to solar shutdown switch at Boyle Heights warehouse - Los Angeles Times⁠15%
Los Angeles Times⁠78%By Alex Wigglesworth⁠0%7/10/2026, 9:34:51 AM