KQED⁠61%

Eric Swalwell Vows to Keep Fighting Trump ⁠0%

By Marisa Lagos⁠87% Scott Shafer⁠0%

4/9/2026, 11:37:08 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Red Herring, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 45.9% saturation with 68 hits. Analysis detected 317 faulty-reasoning hits from 148 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.

Congressmember Eric Swalwell built a national profile challenging President Donald Trump during two impeachment trials. 
Now, the East Bay congressman and former county prosecutor wants to be California’s next governor. 
Swalwell sits down with Marisa and Scott to talk about his promise to be California’s “fighter and protector,” his ambitious housing plans and corporate fairness tax and why Trump ordered the FBI to dig up a decades-old investigation into Swalwell’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy. 
He also reflects on growing up in a sports family, the lessons he took from his father’s career as a police chief and becoming the first in his family to attend college. 
This interview is part of a series of conversations with the 2026 gubernatorial candidates for California. 
The primary election is June 2. 
Check out Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 5.0%CalMatters: 1.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.9%CalMatters: 0.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 4.2%CalMatters: 3.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.8%CalMatters: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.9%CalMatters: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 45.9%Marisa Lagos: 14.7%CalMatters: 6.3%Framing Effect45.9%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.4%CalMatters: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.5%CalMatters: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 3.5%CalMatters: 3.5%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.7%CalMatters: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 31.1%Marisa Lagos: 11.6%CalMatters: 6.4%Negativity Bias31.1%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.8%CalMatters: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.1%CalMatters: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.9%CalMatters: 1.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 21.6%Marisa Lagos: 2.7%CalMatters: 2.7%Halo Effect21.6%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.5%CalMatters: 0.9%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 10.1%Marisa Lagos: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.3%Primacy Effect10.1%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.9%CalMatters: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 4.5%CalMatters: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.5%CalMatters: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 4.6%CalMatters: 3.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 31.1%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.2%Red Herring31.1%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.5%CalMatters: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 6.5%CalMatters: 5.3%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.6%CalMatters: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 3.6%CalMatters: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.2%CalMatters: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.5%CalMatters: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.8%CalMatters: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.7%CalMatters: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.9%CalMatters: 0.8%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 31.1%Marisa Lagos: 0.8%CalMatters: 0.7%Quote-first Misdirection31.1%This article: 35.8%Marisa Lagos: 7.1%CalMatters: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice35.8%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.0%CalMatters: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 6.1%CalMatters: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 7.4%Marisa Lagos: 3.5%CalMatters: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…7.4%

148 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker7.4%attributed speech137writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 46 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coveragePolitical Breakdown’s weekly newsletter • 11 words • 100.0% coverage
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11 attributed words100% of attributed speech84% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-38.7 ptsWriter: 38.7%Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-33.6 ptsWriter: 33.6%Political Breakdown’s weekly newsletter: 0.0%0.0%

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

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Analysis

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