Speaker summary
54% 10 analyzed articles/videos 454.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias , Status Quo Bias , and Confirmation Bias , with Post Hoc (False Cause) as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 202 hits . Analysis detected 1,095.003 faulty-reasoning hits from 454.333 analyzed words across 10 articles, generating a BS Score of 8.8% and a BS Rank of 9% (25,841 of 28,364 speakers). This San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is better (less manipulative) than 91.10% of the peer group. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Speaker details
Total words: 454.333
Article count: 10
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
9% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 8.9% percentile 8.8% BS Score10 analyzed videos454.3 analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Speaker 2.9% 2.9% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 22.7% 22.7% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Speaker 26.6% 26.6% Post Hoc (False Cause) Sitewide 3.3% Speaker 20.0% 20.0% Special Pleading Sitewide 0.3% Speaker 15.9% 15.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 4.0% 4.0% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Speaker 1.6% 1.6% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 10.1% 10.1% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Speaker 8.3% 8.3% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 3.7% 3.7% 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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Speaker 26.6%, sitewide 6.0% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Speaker 20.0%, sitewide 3.3% Special Pleading: Speaker 15.9%, sitewide 0.3% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 12.3%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 10.1%, sitewide 3.7% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 8.3%, sitewide 2.2% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 8.1%, sitewide 7.5% Hasty Generalization: Speaker 1.6%, sitewide 8.1% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 4.0% Halo Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 6.7% Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 5.3% Slippery Slope: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 1.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 3.7%, sitewide 0.0% Composition/Division: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.2% Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
KTVU 61% 7/24/2026, 4:09:34 PM