KQED61%
Eric Swalwell Vows to Keep Fighting Trump 0%
By Marisa Lagos91% Scott Shafer0%
4/9/2026, 11:37:08 PM
Topics: Gubernatorial Race, National Politics
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 16,813 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.
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Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
45.9%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
31.1%Negativity Bias
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31.1%AuthorMarisa Lagos
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
10.1%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
31.1%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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No True Scotsman
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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148 words analyzed.
Analysis
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