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Who Draws the Lines? A History of Gerrymandering0%
By Marisa Lagos88% Scott Shafer0%
12/27/2025, 12:05:40 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, In-Group Bias, and Anchoring Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 47.5% saturation with 48 hits. Analysis detected 388 faulty-reasoning hits from 101 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 21,197 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.
Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025.
President Donald Trump this summer set off an unusual mid-decade redistricting scramble after he asked Republican-led states to redraw their congressional districts to give the GOP more seats in Congress.
California Democrats responded with their own new map, which voters approved through Proposition 50 in November.
Scott and Marisa discuss the history of gerrymandering with Los Angeles Times writer James Rainey, taking us back to an earlier era when it was a regular part of California’s political landscape.
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