Speaker summary
⁠73%1 analyzed article/video181.333 analyzed words
BS Summary: These San Mateo Police Department results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 46.1% saturation with 94.125 hits. Analysis detected 687.75 faulty-reasoning hits from 181.333 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (22,263 of 28,364 speakers). This San Mateo Police Department is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the peer group.
San Mateo Police Department
Speaker details
Total words: 181.333
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

22% percentile
025507510021.5% percentile
14.6% BS Score1 analyzed videos181.3 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 26.8%26.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 46.1%46.1%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 31.6%31.6%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Speaker 12.7%12.7%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 9.9%9.9%Fundamental Attribution E…Sitewide 2.7%Speaker 11.8%11.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 14.3%14.3%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Speaker 8.5%8.5%

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 46.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Speaker 31.6%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 26.8%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 20.2%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 14.3%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 1.5%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 7.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Speaker 11.8%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 9.9%, sitewide 0.0%Halo Effect: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 6.7%Hindsight Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.4%Optimism Bias: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 6.0%Slippery Slope: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 8.5%, sitewide 8.1%Indoctrination: Speaker 6.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.6%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

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