Author: Bill Scher
Bill Scher
has 18.8% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 20,407.
Analyzed articles
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 35.4% - Negativity Bias 22.3% - Appeal to Emotion 14.2%
The history of semicentennial American presidential oratory is limited, but Donald Trump’s Saturday semiquincentennial remarks are destined to mark a low point in the canon. He is slated to speak in the late evening during the “Salute to America Celebration & Fireworks” on the National Mall, which Trump has advertised as “the most... more
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 34% - Appeal to Emotion 20.2% - Biased Writer Voice 18%
After 15-term Denver-area U.S. Representative Diana DeGette lost her Democratic primary to the 29-year-old Democratic Socialists of America member Melat Kiros, the socialist streamer Hasan Piker, drink in hand, crowed, “Thank you for not retiring Diana DeGette ... and hand select[ing] your replacement, which would’ve been a cookie-cutter... more
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 15.4% - Framing Effect 11.3% - Confirmation Bias 10.6%
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani audaciously backed left-wing U.S. House primary challengers to two Democratic incumbents and a third candidate whose main opponent was backed by a retiring incumbent. At the same time, he successfully pressured City Councilor and fellow socialist Chi Ossé to abandon his campaign against the Democratic... more
Washington Monthly
- By Bill Scher
- 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 32.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.6% - Negativity Bias 16.9%
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani audaciously backed left-wing U.S. House primary challengers to two Democratic incumbents and a third candidate whose main opponent was backed by a retiring incumbent. At the same time, he successfully pressured City Councilor and fellow socialist Chi Ossé to abandon his campaign against the Democratic... more