Author: Erum Salam
Erum Salam
has 35.7% among authors.
BS Score: 2.4%.
Articles analyzed: 17.
Words analyzed: 32,225.
Analyzed articles
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 6/28/2026, 4:41 PM
Negativity Bias 20.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.2% - Confirmation Bias 12.6%
Despite remaining undefeated in the initial round of the World Cup, the Iran national team is going home after failing to secure enough points to advance. But they do not leave quietly. Iran’s tumultuous journey in the World Cup has been the subject of widespread attention amid the U.S. war with Iran, with the United States being one of... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 6/21/2026, 7:48 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.3% - Framing Effect 17.7% - Negativity Bias 14.8%
Talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Switzerland on Sunday became strained after President Donald Trump threatened Iran with more attacks if it closed the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday morning that he had spoken to Iranian officials overnight, warning them not to close the critical trade... more
MS NOW
- By Carol Leonnig, Erum Salam
- 6/15/2026, 9:12 PM
Burden of Proof 30.8% - Negativity Bias 24.3% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 19.4%
A federal prosecutor’s office based in Sacramento is investigating California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife for potential tax fraud and evasion, MS NOW has confirmed with two sources familiar with the probe. The probe stems back to early 2025, and is just one of several investigations that have encircled Newsom, his office and his family, the... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 6/14/2026, 9:27 PM
Negativity Bias 47.9% - Biased Writer Voice 39.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23%
President Donald Trump is celebrating his milestone 80th birthday on Sunday with a spectacle of men cage fighting on the White House South Lawn. “UFC Freedom 250,” a series of invite-only mixed martial art fighting competitions that are part of the Trump administration’s year-long ‘America250’ celebrations, brought lots of fanfare, and... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 6/7/2026, 6:32 PM
Negativity Bias 41.7% - Ad Hominem 26.6% - Framing Effect 16.9%
In an explosive interview with NBC aired Sunday, President Donald Trump cut the grilling short and left the set after peppering “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker with insults. “You’re either crooked or you’re stupid,” Trump told Welker, who kept a cool demeanor despite the president’s barrage of disparaging slurs. Moments before... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 5/31/2026, 7:28 PM
Negativity Bias 17.6% - Appeal to Authority 14.4% - Framing Effect 14.2%
A top Democrat on Sunday expressed “concerns” about Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in the wake of reports that he exchanged sexually explicit texts with multiple women, which his wife said she flagged to his campaign. Asked about the controversy on ABC News, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said, “Yeah I have concerns. That... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 5/3/2026, 8:04 PM
Negativity Bias 27.4% - Appeal to Authority 26.3% - Burden of Proof 24.5%
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the Trump administration’s new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey is “not just about a single Instagram post” of seashells. But Blanche declined to disclose what other evidence the government might have against Comey, whom President Donald Trump has repeatedly singled... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 5/3/2026, 3:37 PM
Negativity Bias 57.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 20.3% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 17%
President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a record high, six months before the midterm elections as Americans reject his war with Iran and worry about rising costs, including gas prices, a new polls shows. The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, conducted online between April 24-28, found Trump’s general approval rating sits... more
MS NOW
- By Julianne McShane, Fallon Gallagher, Erum Salam
- 4/27/2026, 9:00 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 7.2% - Recency Bias 4.7% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 4.4%
The suspect in the security breach at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, appeared at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., for his initial court appearance, less than 48 hours after he was... more
MS NOW
- By Erum Salam
- 3/29/2026, 8:37 PM
Negativity Bias 58.8% - Confirmation Bias 32.4% - Ad Hominem 30.8%
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., on Sunday slammed the Department of Justice for not releasing former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on top secret documents that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in 2021. “It’s only this one that Trump and the DOJ have insisted upon staying secret, and they got Judge Eileen Cannon, who is, as... more