Author: Sydney Johnson
Sydney Johnson
has 9.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 21.
Words analyzed: 75,429.
Analyzed articles
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 7/2/2026, 10:04 PM
Biased Writer Voice 25.9% - Availability Heuristic 23.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 21.8%
Anchor Brewing Company, one of the country’s oldest craft breweries, has applied for and received approval for two beer labels featuring the San Francisco-based company’s original illustrated art. The approval from the federal bureau tasked with regulating alcohol labels comes amid bubbling rumors that beer could once again flow from... more
KQED
- By Joseph Geha, Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman, Sydney Johnson
- 7/1/2026, 11:30 PM
Biased Writer Voice 36.3% - Appeal to Emotion 13% - Optimism Bias 11%
Thousands of soccer fans, young and old, seasoned and new, flooded the streets of Santa Clara on Wednesday in their red, white and blue finest as excitement and anticipation built ahead of an elimination match at Levi’s Stadium pitting the U.S. Men’s National Team against Bosnia-Herzegovina’s squad. The knockout game marked the first... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 6/30/2026, 11:16 PM
Negativity Bias 33.5% - Availability Heuristic 19.2% - Biased Writer Voice 15.3%
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder is asking the police department, Mayor Daniel Lurie and other city officials to release more information after officers in riot gear stormed the unpermitted Stud Alley block party during last weekend’s Pride events. On Tuesday, Fielder submitted an official letter of inquiry about the timeline of... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 6/26/2026, 7:23 PM
Optimism Bias 20% - In-Group Bias 18.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.9%
Tucked in a side street near Fisherman’s Wharf, soccer fans like Nesrine Williams have gathered at a local Algerian restaurant, KAYMA, to watch their team compete in this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament. “It’s a really big deal, and I feel so proud to be Algerian,” said Williams, who brought her family here to watch the Algeria versus... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 6/22/2026, 10:40 PM
Negativity Bias 28.9% - Appeal to Emotion 18.4% - Unattributed Quote 18.1%
Several longtime residents of a San Francisco Chinatown building are facing eviction in what they believe is an effort to turn the units over so the new owner can charge higher rents. Now, they’re working together to fight back. Tenants at 1120 Jackson St. on the border of Nob Hill and Chinatown, including many Chinese immigrants who... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 6/18/2026, 11:00 AM
Anecdotal 20.1% - Negativity Bias 16.7% - Appeal to Authority 16.7%
San Francisco officials are looking to remove a 12% spending cap on short-term rental subsidies, which offer adults assistance for two years, in what they say is a bid to keep people off the streets. But the move is drawing criticism from some advocates for homelessness services in San Francisco who say the city should instead be... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 6/15/2026, 11:53 PM
Hasty Generalization 9.6% - Halo Effect 9.2% - Quote-first Misdirection 8.1%
Saikat Chakrabarti, the former tech engineer who ran a failed campaign to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress, is throwing his efforts behind his former opponent, Supervisor Connie Chan. Chakrabarti filed papers on Monday to launch an independent expenditure campaign and is turning his campaign into a political action committee, called... more
KQED
- By Scott Shafer, Marisa Lagos, Guy Marzorati, Sydney Johnson
- 6/5/2026, 11:05 PM
Hasty Generalization 79.3% - Biased Writer Voice 41.3% - Confirmation Bias 38%
With primary week drawing to a close, San Francisco’s early returns suggest that two people not on the ballot have come out on top: Mayor Daniel Lurie and Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Scott, Marisa, Guy and KQED’s Sydney Johnson turn to the races and ballot measures in San Francisco, analyzing what the results so far tell us, even with nearly half... more
KQED
- By Alan Montecillo, Sydney Johnson, Guy Marzorati, Jessica Kariisa
- 5/29/2026, 10:00 AM
Unattributed Quote 14.7% - False Dilemma 12.9% - Biased Writer Voice 11.8%
In this edition of The Bay’s monthly news roundup, Alan Montecillo is joined by KQED political correspondent Guy Marzorati and KQED reporter Sydney Johnson ahead of California’s primary election on Tuesday, June 2. They preview the race to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco, Measures A and E in San Jose and Oakland, and the... more
KQED
- By Sydney Johnson
- 5/28/2026, 3:00 PM
Anecdotal 14.5% - Hasty Generalization 14.1% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 13.6%
In early May, nearly 1,400 people flocked to a nightclub in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood to hear Saikat Chakrabarti, a former tech engineer running to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi in Congress. It wasn’t your typical SoMa rave. But Chakrabarti’s calls for a radically different Democratic Party were met with hands in the air,... more