KQED61%

The Rise of Election Crime Laws Since 2020 68%

By Marisa Lagos88%

7/14/2026, 10:53:48 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Biased Writer Voice, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 33.6% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 153 faulty-reasoning hits from 110 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 61.4% and a BS Rank of 68% (6,889 of 21,180 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 67.50% of the article peer group.

Political Breakdown continues an ongoing series on election integrity in America. 
Marisa talks about the modern era of election integrity with Ese Olumhense, an investigative reporter and professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. 
They examine how President Donald Trump set the stage for the January 6th riot and the aftermath, including the proliferation of election crime legislation that are still reverberating today. 
If you missed it, you can listen to the first episode of our election integrity series examining the history of voting and election integrity in America. 
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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: 4.3%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: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.9%CalMatters: 1.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 26.4%Marisa Lagos: 14.6%CalMatters: 6.3%Framing Effect26.4%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.4%CalMatters: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.6%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: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 11.5%CalMatters: 6.4%Negativity Bias0.0%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: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 2.8%CalMatters: 2.7%Halo Effect0.0%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: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.0%CalMatters: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%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: 4.7%CalMatters: 3.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%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: 1.5%CalMatters: 0.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 26.4%Marisa Lagos: 3.6%CalMatters: 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)26.4%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: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 0.8%CalMatters: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 26.4%Marisa Lagos: 7.1%CalMatters: 3.1%Biased Writer Voice26.4%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.0%CalMatters: 1.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 26.4%Marisa Lagos: 6.2%CalMatters: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias26.4%This article: 0.0%Marisa Lagos: 1.1%CalMatters: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 33.6%Marisa Lagos: 3.5%CalMatters: 1.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…33.6%

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