Author: Jessica Washington
Jessica Washington
has 18.8% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 15.
Words analyzed: 83,678.
Analyzed articles
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 7/2/2026, 9:50 AM
Negativity Bias 49.1% - Biased Writer Voice 36.5% - Appeal to Emotion 28%
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking a beat from his busy day job ending the scourge of vaccines and modern medicine to take up a right-wing push attempting to link the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States to terrorism. The MAHA enthusiast announced last month that HHS was demanding... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 6/23/2026, 8:50 AM
Framing Effect 15.4% - Confirmation Bias 6.6% - Pessimism Bias 4.9%
In his dreams, Aliaksei Shcharbachenia is on a plane with an immigration agent’s hands wrapped around his neck. When he wakes up, he’s freed from the memory of his traumatic and botched deportation attempt last month — but then he’s stuck languishing in Farmville, Virginia. The 35-year-old asylum-seeker from Belarus has spent nearly a... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 6/12/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 28.7% - Appeal to Emotion 14.7% - Hasty Generalization 10.3%
Kenyan McDuffie stood in a dark suit and gingham tie in front of an infamous Chipotle in Southeast Washington, D.C. The day before, a video of teenagers fighting inside the fast-casual restaurant had gone viral — and presented the former city councilmember a political opportunity in his mayoral campaign. His opponent, city council and... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 6/10/2026, 12:29 AM
Negativity Bias 41.9% - Biased Writer Voice 41% - Overconfidence Bias 27.1%
A longtime fixture of the Democratic establishment in California and a Republican former Fox News host will head to a runoff in the race to be the state’s next governor in November. Steve Hilton, a conservative former political aide and commentator, finished second Tuesday, a week after the state’s nonpartisan primary day. He will... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington, Jonah Valdez
- 6/9/2026, 1:41 AM
Negativity Bias 43.7% - Framing Effect 16.3% - Appeal to Emotion 14.2%
The surprising and divisive mayoral campaign of right-wing reality TV star Spencer Pratt came to an end on Monday, when Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, claimed her spot on the general election ballot against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. The second-place finish for Raman means... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 6/8/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 34.1% - Negativity Bias 26.5% - Hasty Generalization 25.4%
Incarcerated activist Malik Muhammad’s standing client call in March with their lawyer had been canceled without any real explanation. When Muhammad’s attorney, Lauren Regan, went to check their status on the Oregon Inmate Tracker, she found nothing. They seemed to have vanished without a trace. Friends and family feared the worst.... more
The Intercept
- By Jonah Valdez, Jessica Washington
- 5/29/2026, 5:16 PM
Negativity Bias 28.8% - Hasty Generalization 15.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 9.6%
There are two democratic socialists running for mayor in Los Angeles, but many West Coast leftists are already feeling the crush of defeat. Rae Huang and Nithya Raman have each, at varying times, been hailed as Southern California’s analogue to Zohran Mamdani. Yet when the rallies and canvassing sessions have wrapped up, leftists admit... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 5/27/2026, 7:21 PM
Biased Writer Voice 34.4% - Negativity Bias 20.5% - Optimism Bias 18.1%
The Sunrise Movement is leaning into its roots in climate activism with a congressional endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and one of the architects of the landmark environmental legislation known as the Green New Deal. The youth climate group shared its endorsement with... more
The Intercept
- By Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington
- 5/20/2026, 12:22 AM
Appeal to Authority 41.4% - Unattributed Quote 28.2% - Halo Effect 23.9%
The Democratic Party’s left flank is hoping to add to its ranks in Congress in Philadelphia on Tuesday in what’s been viewed as a contest between the party’s moderate and progressive wings. Progressives coalesced around state Rep. Chris Rabb in the tight four-way race to replace retiring Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa. Limited polling has shown... more
The Intercept
- By Jessica Washington
- 5/16/2026, 10:14 AM
Negativity Bias 21.9% - Pessimism Bias 14.9% - Confirmation Bias 12.7%
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito found themselves in the minority on Thursday, when the court ruled that telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone could continue, leaving the dissenting conservatives to foreshadow a future showdown over abortion rights. Both justices railed against the decision, with... more