Author: David Zahniser
David Zahniser
has 10.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 9.
Words analyzed: 44,458.
Analyzed articles
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser, Noah Goldberg
- 6/13/2026, 3:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 22% - Negativity Bias 14.9% - Framing Effect 7.3%
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser and Noah Goldberg, giving you the latest on city and county government. Los Angeles voters have finally gotten some closure on the outstanding contests in the June 2 primary election, with City Councilmember Nithya Raman qualifying for the... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser, Noah Goldberg
- 6/10/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 29.5% - Appeal to Emotion 19.2% - Biased Writer Voice 15.4%
The gloves are off. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman have only begun to wage their Nov. 3 runoff campaigns, but they’re already trading sharp jabs about each other and their records. “This November, voters will have a clear choice between myself and Nithya Raman, a difference that is made crystal clear because... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Noah Goldberg, David Zahniser
- 6/9/2026, 12:03 AM
Negativity Bias 22.7% - Framing Effect 19.3% - False Dilemma 10.1%
Nithya Raman had 115 days to make her case to Los Angeles voters. The City Council member made a surprise late entry into the mayor’s race, the last of the major candidates to file for the primary. That left little time for her to form a campaign team, build her name recognition and persuade voters that she would be the best choice to... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser, Noah Goldberg
- 6/4/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 20% - Availability Heuristic 13.5% - In-Group Bias 13.1%
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took office four years ago with a reputation as a coalition builder — someone capable of bringing competing factions together to achieve a common goal. On Wednesday, that goal became Bass’ reelection this fall. In a bruising primary campaign, a broad coalition of supporters assembled by the mayor helped her... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser
- 5/17/2026, 1:07 AM
Negativity Bias 17.8% - Framing Effect 14.1% - Anecdotal 13.8%
Lake Balboa resident Jose Meraz is looking for a mayor who will turn L.A. around, cleaning up streets that he says are “filled with garbage.” Schoolteacher Tracey Schroeder, a Republican candidate for state Assembly, is unhappy about crime, open-air drug use and the slow rebuilding effort in the wake of the Palisades fire, which... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser
- 5/16/2026, 3:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 23.5% - Negativity Bias 19.5% - Unattributed Quote 19.4%
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, with an assist from Connor Sheets and Sandra McDonald, giving you the latest on city and county government. We’ve reached the point in L.A.’s city election season where a juicy piece of news is popping off every day. With a little over two... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser
- 4/30/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 16.4% - Pessimism Bias 11.2% - Bandwagon 10.2%
Los Angeles voters could be asked this year to take the first step toward giving noncitizens the right to vote in city and school board elections. City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who represents an Echo Park-to-Hollywood district, released a proposal Wednesday to ask voters in the Nov. 3 election to give the council the power to... more
Los Angeles Times
- By Noah Goldberg, David Zahniser
- 4/24/2026, 11:05 PM
Negativity Bias 20.2% - Appeal to Emotion 11.4% - Hasty Generalization 10.2%
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is up against three well-financed challengers in the June 2 primary, with reality television star Spencer Pratt and Councilmember Nithya Raman leading the pack in fundraising since the start of the year. Pratt, whose home was destroyed in the 2025 Palisades fire, has raised nearly $540,000 for his campaign... more
Los Angeles Times
- By David Zahniser
- 4/6/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 29.8% - Biased Writer Voice 18.4% - Fundamental Attribution Error 10.6%
Mayor Karen Bass is running as a champion of change, saying she has been tackling entrenched, decades-old problems. Raman is portraying herself as someone who pushed back against the system, opposing “disastrous” decisions at City Hall. Three other major candidates, all political newcomers, say an outsider is needed to shake up the... more