L.A. TACO⁠85%

IE Taco Is Now a Reality, Thanks To Funding From The CIELO Fund At The Inland Empire Community Foundation ⁠54%

By Ivan Fernandez⁠55%

6/9/2026, 6:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 36.9% saturation with 100 hits. Analysis detected 734 faulty-reasoning hits from 271 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 52% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (10,239 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 53.20% of the article peer group.

It began with an April Fool’s Day joke. 
For 24 hours this year, L.A. 
TACO became IE TACO. 
Alongside our mock announcement, we also published a not-an-April=Fool's-joke guide to what we refer to as the “Inner IE:” tackling the best eats in the cities from Montclair to Redlands accessible via the 10 freeway (plus Pomona and Claremont, as a bonus on your way out of L.A.). 
Since then, we’ve been asked many times if the guide was one-and-done, and if our excursion into the Inland Empire was officially over. 
We are happy to say that was only the beginning. 
Thanks to the CIELO Fund at the Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF), L.A. 
TACO will officially launch the IE TACO as part of our coverage. 
The funding for IE TACO comes from the IECF’s CIELO Fund, short for "Cultivating Inland Empire Latino Opportunity." 
Through this fund, we’ll regularly publish stories about community leaders, change-makers, local food, culture, small businesses, arts, history, under-reported stories, and emerging issues in the region. 
"The Inland Empire has no shortage of stories worth telling," said Jesse Melgar, Board Chair of the Inland Empire Community Foundation and Founder and Chair of the CIELO Fund. 
"From neighborhood taquerias, pupuserias, small businesses owners and artists, to organizers and local changemakers, our region is rich with culture, resilience, and creativity. 
Through our partnership with LA TACO, we're launching IE TACO to shine a light on the people, places and pride that make the Inland Empire an increasingly significant part of California's identity." 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 3.6%L.A. TACO: 3.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 17.7%Ivan Fernandez: 4.1%L.A. TACO: 4.1%Availability Heuristic17.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.1%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 4.4%Ivan Fernandez: 2.2%L.A. TACO: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias4.4%This article: 36.9%Ivan Fernandez: 5.0%L.A. TACO: 11.5%Framing Effect36.9%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 20.3%Ivan Fernandez: 4.7%L.A. TACO: 2.4%Optimism Bias20.3%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.9%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 8.5%Ivan Fernandez: 5.7%L.A. TACO: 11.3%Negativity Bias8.5%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 2.4%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 8.5%Ivan Fernandez: 3.3%L.A. TACO: 4.9%In-Group Bias8.5%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 22.5%Ivan Fernandez: 4.9%L.A. TACO: 6.0%Halo Effect22.5%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.5%Ivan Fernandez: 1.5%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Recency Bias8.5%This article: 1.5%Ivan Fernandez: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 0.4%Primacy Effect1.5%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Straw Man0.0%This article: 10.7%Ivan Fernandez: 3.4%L.A. TACO: 3.6%Appeal to Authority10.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.9%L.A. TACO: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 5.6%L.A. TACO: 5.8%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.1%L.A. TACO: 1.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 20.3%Ivan Fernandez: 5.5%L.A. TACO: 10.8%Appeal to Emotion20.3%This article: 11.8%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Begging the Question11.8%This article: 11.8%Ivan Fernandez: 2.5%L.A. TACO: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)11.8%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 17.7%Ivan Fernandez: 4.3%L.A. TACO: 5.7%Anecdotal17.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.2%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 10.7%Ivan Fernandez: 1.0%L.A. TACO: 1.4%Unattributed Quote10.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 26.2%Ivan Fernandez: 7.9%L.A. TACO: 8.7%Biased Writer Voice26.2%This article: 11.8%Ivan Fernandez: 2.2%L.A. TACO: 2.0%Indoctrination11.8%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 2.1%L.A. TACO: 2.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 21.0%Ivan Fernandez: 7.9%L.A. TACO: 2.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…21.0%

271 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker31%attributed speech187writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 48 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageJesse Melgar • 29 words • 100.0% coverageJesse Melgar • 23 words • 100.0% coverageJesse Melgar • 32 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Jesse Melgar

100%flagged-word coverage
84 attributed words100% of attributed speech83% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Indoctrination+38.1 ptsWriter: 0.0%Jesse Melgar: 38.1%38.1%Unattributed Quote+34.5 ptsWriter: 0.0%Jesse Melgar: 34.5%34.5%Attempt to Sell a Product -30.5 ptsWriter: 30.5%Jesse Melgar: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice+1.7 ptsWriter: 25.7%Jesse Melgar: 27.4%27.4%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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