Speaker summary
38%15 analyzed articles/videos450.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Scott Wiener results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 12.5% saturation with 72.763 hits. Analysis detected 534.562 faulty-reasoning hits from 450.667 analyzed words across 15 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.6% and a BS Rank of 3% (27,765 of 28,364 speakers). This Scott Wiener is better (less manipulative) than 97.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

2% percentile
02550751002.1% percentile
4.6% BS Score15 analyzed videos450.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 7.1%7.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 2.5%2.5%Tu QuoqueSitewide 0.2%Speaker 8.0%8.0%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 4.7%4.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Speaker 3.4%3.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 12.5%12.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Speaker 7.2%7.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Speaker 4.6%4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 2.4%2.4%

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 7.1%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 12.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Tu Quoque: Speaker 8.0%, sitewide 0.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Speaker 7.2%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anchoring Bias: Speaker 5.5%, sitewide 4.0%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Speaker 4.8%, sitewide 3.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 4.7%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 4.6%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Speaker 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

How OpenAI’s Models Escaped Their Sandbox and Slipped Past California's AI Law20%
KQED61%By Rachael Myrow42%7/23/2026, 9:47:00 AM
Will Pelosi’s heir also visit Taiwan? Chan and Wiener answer very differently29%
The San Francisco Standard35%By Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler24% Jonah Owen Lamb12% Hannah Wiley26%7/22/2026, 6:00:00 PM
Dolores Huerta’s endorsement of Scott Wiener surprises Connie Chan's allies47%
Mission Local26%By Yujie Zhou70%7/21/2026, 2:41:46 PM
Anti-AIPAC group that denounced Connie Chan now endorsing Chan40%
Mission Local26%By Yujie Zhou70%7/21/2026, 10:36:22 AM
Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge73%
The Intercept80%By Jonah Valdez73%7/21/2026, 4:59:00 AM
Controversial Housing Project Gets Denser as It Nears Approval41%
San Francisco Public Press59%By Steven T. Jones60%7/20/2026, 11:30:47 AM
Newsom’s Final Budget Sends More Than a Billion Dollars to University of California47%
www.kqed.org61%7/12/2026, 7:51:47 PM
An LGBTQ Rights World Cup Stunt Revealed the Cracks in SF’s Queer Movement18%
Truthout74%By Petala Ironcloud35%7/11/2026, 3:21:37 PM
An Abundance of Influence57%
The Nation77%By Julie Pitta0% Dylan Gyauch-Lewis0% Chris Lehmann0%7/8/2026, 7:14:34 AM
San Francisco doesn’t have an antisemitism problem. It has a self-righteous loudmouth problem. - Mission Local50%
Mission Local26%By Joe Eskenazi0%7/7/2026, 4:00:00 AM