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VIDEO: 2nd Congressional GOP primary debate with Karianne Lisonbee and Blake Moore ⁠31%

By KUER News⁠0%

5/31/2026, 11:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Right Leaning Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error, and Out-Group Homogeneity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 49.2% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 390 faulty-reasoning hits from 187 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 40.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (15,306 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 69.90% of the article peer group.

After Utah's extended redistricting saga, the redrawn map still favors the Republican Party with three safe seats. 
In the new 2nd Congressional District, incumbent Rep. 
Blake Moore faces a right flank challenge from state Rep. 
Karianne Lisonbee. 
While Moore serves as the House Republican Conference vice chair and has the broader support of the national GOP, Lisonbee is campaigning for the local vote in northern Utah, emphasizing that she is the more conservative choice and suggesting that Moore is essentially a district carpetbagger. 
The 2026 Republican Primary Debate for the 2nd Congressional District will be held Monday, June 1, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. from the studios of PBS Utah. 
KUER will carry live coverage on the radio and online starting at 6. 
Find a station near you, ask your smart speaker to "play KUER" or watch the video feed above. 
The Utah Debate Commission is presenting the debate in partnership with PBS Utah. 
Glen Mills, a former journalist and the chief of staff for the Salt Lake City Police Department, will moderate. 
Watch in Spanish 
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187 words analyzed.

Speakers

2speakers14%attributed speech161writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 46 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageKUER • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 100.0% coverageUtah Debate Commission • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

KUER

100%flagged-word coverage
13 attributed words50% of attributed speech70% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +87.0 ptsWriter: 13.0%KUER: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-57.1 ptsWriter: 57.1%KUER: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -39.1 ptsWriter: 39.1%KUER: 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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