Speaker summary
32% 18 analyzed articles/videos 1,121.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Francisco Police Department results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Burden of Proof , and Ambiguity (Equivocation) , with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 12% saturation with 290 hits . Analysis detected 1,909.713 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,121.667 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,757 of 28,364 speakers). This San Francisco Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 97.90% of the peer group. San Francisco Police Department
Speaker details
Total words: 1,121.667
Article count: 18
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed speakers
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 2.1% percentile 4.6% BS Score18 analyzed videos1.1K 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 6.6% 6.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Speaker 4.6% 4.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Speaker 12.0% 12.0% Burden of Proof Sitewide 0.4% Speaker 8.7% 8.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation) Sitewide 0.8% Speaker 7.4% 7.4% Quote-first Misdirection Sitewide 0.0% Speaker 6.6% 6.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Speaker 1.8% 1.8% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Speaker 6.8% 6.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Speaker 3.4% 3.4% 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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 15.9% Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 12.0%, sitewide 3.7% Appeal to Authority: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Burden of Proof: Speaker 8.7%, sitewide 0.4% Confirmation Bias: Speaker 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.4%, sitewide 0.8% Unattributed Quote: Speaker 6.8%, sitewide 1.1% Halo Effect: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0% Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 5.3% Anchoring Bias: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Special Pleading: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 0.3% Status Quo Bias: Speaker 2.8%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Pessimism Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Speaker rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst
SFGate 80% 7/21/2026, 1:27:45 PM