Speaker summary
⁠26%10 analyzed articles/videos287 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Fire Department results contain 5 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 20.1% saturation with 108 hits. Analysis detected 233 faulty-reasoning hits from 287 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠9% (25,905 of 28,364 speakers). This San Francisco Fire Department is better (less manipulative) than 91.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

9% percentile
02550751008.7% percentile
8.7% BS Score10 analyzed videos287 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 20.1%20.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 10.8%10.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 2.0%2.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 20.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 10.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 5.8%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Mission District police chase ends in crash outside Audi dealership, 8 injured⁠25%
Mission Local⁠26%By Aaliyah Español-Rivas⁠11%7/20/2026, 4:54:35 PM
Post Ho…6%
S.F. firefighters extinguish blaze in 6-story Tenderloin apartment building⁠1%
Mission Local⁠26%By Rosina Boehm⁠35%7/19/2026, 2:27:48 PM
Availab…21%Halo Ef…9%Post Ho…14%
S.F. Tenderloin apartment building evacuated as crews battle fire on multiple floors⁠3%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠14%By Michael Barba⁠6%7/19/2026, 1:04:25 PM
Halo Ef…4%Appeal …43%Anecdot…17%Ambigui…4%
San Francisco Tenderloin fire at 6-story aparment building⁠7%
KTVU FOX 2⁠61%By KTVU Staff⁠12%7/19/2026, 12:25:57 PM
S.F. street ‘gutted’ after pair of recent fires shutters beloved businesses⁠47%
San Francisco Chronicle⁠14%By Anna Bauman⁠2%7/17/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Body pulled from San Francisco Bay after deadly boat accident near Alcatraz⁠21%
California Post⁠89%By Zain Khan⁠61%7/16/2026, 5:36:01 PM
SF Bay tragedy: Another body from capsized boat recovered as Coast Guard search nears end⁠8%
The San Francisco Standard⁠35%By Garrett Leahy⁠31% George Kelly⁠17% Max Harrison-Caldwell⁠42% Kevin Truong⁠15% Jennifer Wadsworth⁠23% Michael McLaughlin⁠19%7/15/2026, 4:35:38 PM
One person dead and 16 rescued after boat fire off Alcatraz Island⁠19%
The Independent⁠45%By Josh Marcus⁠57%7/14/2026, 6:10:34 PM
Update: One dead, two missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz⁠7%
The San Francisco Standard⁠35%By The Standard Staff⁠4%7/14/2026, 4:55:29 PM
Man struck by car in SoMa Tuesday morning dies in hospital⁠3%
Mission Local⁠26%By Sarah Hopkins⁠15%7/14/2026, 12:43:00 PM