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The Governor’s Race Changes Shape — Again ⁠95%

By Ericka Cruz Guevarra⁠0% Guy Marzorati⁠70% Jessica Kariisa⁠0% Alan Montecillo⁠0%

4/22/2026, 10:00:25 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Recency Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 23.9% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 212 faulty-reasoning hits from 155 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (1,193 of 20,496 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 94.20% of the article peer group.

It’s been one week since Rep. 
Eric Swalwell ended his run for governor after multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. 
Before that, he was starting to consolidate support from voters in the progressive, vote-rich Bay Area. 
Now that he’s out of the race, the remaining candidates – especially the leading Democrats – are trying to win over his supporters before the June 2 primary. 
Links: 
• How to watch the California governor’s debate on KRON4 and KRON4+ 
• The Rise and Fall of Eric Swallwell (The Bay) 
• Betty Yee Becomes Latest Democrat to Exit California Governor’s Race 
• With Swalwell Out, Who Will Bay Area Voters Support for California Governor? 
• California Governor Candidates Compete for Swalwell’s Endorsements, Donors and Voters 
Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.6%CalMatters: 0.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.7%CalMatters: 3.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.8%CalMatters: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 18.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 13.1%CalMatters: 6.3%Framing Effect18.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.8%CalMatters: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.7%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 10.3%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.2%CalMatters: 3.6%Optimism Bias10.3%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.8%CalMatters: 1.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 16.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 10.4%CalMatters: 6.4%Negativity Bias16.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.2%CalMatters: 1.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 3.1%CalMatters: 1.7%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.2%CalMatters: 2.7%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 18.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.4%CalMatters: 0.9%Recency Bias18.1%This article: 7.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.7%CalMatters: 0.3%Primacy Effect7.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.7%CalMatters: 3.1%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 8.4%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.6%CalMatters: 1.1%False Dilemma8.4%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 3.9%CalMatters: 3.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 7.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.7%Bandwagon7.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.1%CalMatters: 5.3%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.5%CalMatters: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.5%CalMatters: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.2%CalMatters: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.4%CalMatters: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.7%CalMatters: 3.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.1%CalMatters: 1.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.0%CalMatters: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.6%CalMatters: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 18.1%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 4.2%CalMatters: 0.8%Unattributed Quote18.1%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 9.7%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 7.9%CalMatters: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice9.7%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.9%CalMatters: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 2.0%CalMatters: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 0.3%CalMatters: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 23.9%Ericka Cruz Guevarra: 1.4%CalMatters: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…23.9%

155 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers21%attributed speech122writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageKRON4 • 12 words • 100.0% coverageThe Bay • 10 words • 0.0% coverageBetty Yee • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

KRON4

100%flagged-word coverage
12 attributed words36% of attributed speech89% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +79.5 ptsWriter: 20.5%KRON4: 100.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote-23.0 ptsWriter: 23.0%KRON4: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-12.3 ptsWriter: 12.3%KRON4: 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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