L.A. TACO⁠85%

Los Dorados And Los Cholos Are The Big Winners At TACO MADNESS 2026 ⁠52%

By Ivan Fernandez⁠55%

5/4/2026, 8:53:45 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, In-Group Bias, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 48.7% saturation with 232 hits. Analysis detected 923 faulty-reasoning hits from 476 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠52% (10,361 of 21,196 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 51.10% of the article peer group.

Our 17th Annual TACO MADNESS has officially come and gone, and what can we say other than: Thank you! 
Thank you to everyone who helped us put this event together, and to all of you who filled Gloria Molina Grand Park for our annual event of refined taco gluttony. 
First, we want to congratulate our winners, Los Dorados LA and Tacos Los Cholos. 
Los Dorados won “Best In Show” after some intense deliberations among our panel of celebrity guest judges: Camilo Lara, Yarel Ramos, Curtis Stone, and Adam Conover. 
Meanwhile, Los Cholos won the tournament after multiple rounds of voting on our website saw them through to the end. 
TACO MADNESS judges (left to right) Camilo Lara, Yarel Ramos, Curtis Stone, and Adam Conover. 
Courtesy of Ivan Fernandez for LA TACO 
Steven Orozco Torres of Los Dorados LA speaks after winning Best Of Show. 
Josue and Michael Alvarado of Tacos Los Cholos celebrate winning the tournament. 
We want to thank all the amazing taquerías who joined us and treated everyone to so many amazing tacos: 
- Los Dorados LA 
- Tacos Los Cholos 
- Taqueria Frontera 
- Tire Shop Taqueria 
- Evil Cooks 
- Tacos El Toro 
- Sonoratown 
- Borreguitas 
- Macheen 
- Villa’s Tacos 
- Tirzahs 
- Asadero Chikali 
- A Tí Restaurant 
- LaSorteds 
- Tacos y Birria La Unica 
Special mention: Mermaid Cove for the raspados and coffee 
We want to shout out a number of people who also helped make this day special: 
Our musical curators for the night: Slow Jamz, Ambiente Central, Spinorita, El Marchante, Sonrisita, and Camilo Lara from Mexican Institute of Sound. 
—Boomtown Brewery, Nativo, Jarritos, and Maison Perrier for keeping folks hydrated. 
—Hit + Run for the live screen printing and LOVE Crew for the live mural painting. 
—Kanha Bliss for the edibles and the bounce house. 
—Buelna Law Firm, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Siempre Unidos LA, and H.I.L.L. 
Network for sharing information and resources with our community. 
—The amazing staff at Gloria Molina Grand Park. 
— And, perhaps most importantly, our event planner, Evelyn Jimenez! 
Finally, a massive THANK YOU to all of our members, supporters, and attendees who joined us for our biggest MADNESS yet. 
We are, and will always be, grateful for your support that helps sustain local journalism that isn’t afraid to call truth to power. 
Also, we are fully aware of the long lines for food and drinks... because we were in those lines too! 
How many of you rubbed shoulders with our staff and never even knew it?! 
Anyway, that’s something we will work on to improve for next year’s event. 
Hell hath no fury like a TACO supporter deprived of a one-of-a-kind taco! 
Courtesy of Erwin Recinos for LA TACO 
LA TACO’s Foo-ditor In Chief Javier Cabral! 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 3.5%L.A. TACO: 3.9%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 2.9%Ivan Fernandez: 4.2%L.A. TACO: 4.1%Availability Heuristic2.9%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.1%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 2.1%L.A. TACO: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 2.7%Ivan Fernandez: 5.1%L.A. TACO: 11.6%Framing Effect2.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 2.7%Ivan Fernandez: 4.6%L.A. TACO: 2.4%Optimism Bias2.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.0%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%Ivan Fernandez: 5.8%L.A. TACO: 11.3%Negativity Bias5.7%This article: 4.8%Ivan Fernandez: 2.1%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Self-Serving Bias4.8%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 4.2%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias4.2%This article: 16.0%Ivan Fernandez: 3.4%L.A. TACO: 5.0%In-Group Bias16.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 15.8%Ivan Fernandez: 5.0%L.A. TACO: 6.0%Halo Effect15.8%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 4.4%Ivan Fernandez: 1.6%L.A. TACO: 1.0%Recency Bias4.4%This article: 8.2%Ivan Fernandez: 0.5%L.A. TACO: 0.4%Primacy Effect8.2%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 14.7%Ivan Fernandez: 3.6%L.A. TACO: 3.6%Appeal to Authority14.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.8%L.A. TACO: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 4.8%Ivan Fernandez: 5.7%L.A. TACO: 5.8%Hasty Generalization4.8%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.1%L.A. TACO: 1.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 28.4%Ivan Fernandez: 5.7%L.A. TACO: 10.8%Appeal to Emotion28.4%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 2.3%L.A. TACO: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 2.7%Ivan Fernandez: 0.3%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Burden of Proof2.7%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.3%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 4.2%Ivan Fernandez: 4.3%L.A. TACO: 5.8%Anecdotal4.2%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.2%L.A. TACO: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 2.9%Ivan Fernandez: 1.2%L.A. TACO: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)2.9%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.0%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.1%L.A. TACO: 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 1.0%L.A. TACO: 1.4%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 1.5%Ivan Fernandez: 0.4%L.A. TACO: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection1.5%This article: 48.7%Ivan Fernandez: 8.2%L.A. TACO: 8.7%Biased Writer Voice48.7%This article: 4.8%Ivan Fernandez: 2.4%L.A. TACO: 2.0%Indoctrination4.8%This article: 1.9%Ivan Fernandez: 2.2%L.A. TACO: 3.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias1.9%This article: 0.0%Ivan Fernandez: 0.0%L.A. TACO: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 11.8%Ivan Fernandez: 8.4%L.A. TACO: 2.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…11.8%

476 words analyzed.

Speakers

21speakers22%attributed speech372writer words
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Writer's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageIvan Fernandez • 7 words • 0.0% coverageSteven Orozco Torres • 13 words • 0.0% coverageJosue and Michael Alvarado • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 100.0% coverageLos Dorados LA • 4 words • 0.0% coverageTacos Los Cholos • 4 words • 0.0% coverageTaqueria Frontera • 3 words • 0.0% coverageTire Shop Taqueria • 4 words • 0.0% coverageEvil Cooks • 3 words • 0.0% coverageTacos El Toro • 4 words • 0.0% coverageSonoratown • 2 words • 0.0% coverageBorreguitas • 2 words • 0.0% coverageMacheen • 2 words • 0.0% coverageVilla’s Tacos • 3 words • 0.0% coverageTirzahs • 2 words • 0.0% coverageAsadero Chikali • 3 words • 0.0% coverageA Tí Restaurant • 4 words • 0.0% coverageLaSorteds • 2 words • 0.0% coverageTacos y Birria La Unica • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageEvelyn Jimenez • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageErwin Recinos • 7 words • 0.0% coverageJavier Cabral • 7 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Evelyn Jimenez

100%flagged-word coverage
10 attributed words9.6% of attributed speech97% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice+40.3 ptsWriter: 59.7%Evelyn Jimenez: 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -15.1 ptsWriter: 15.1%Evelyn Jimenez: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-6.2 ptsWriter: 6.2%Evelyn Jimenez: 0.0%0.0%Politically Left Leaning B-2.4 ptsWriter: 2.4%Evelyn Jimenez: 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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