Author: Matt Sledge
Matt Sledge
has 17.2% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 22.
Words analyzed: 75,990.
Analyzed articles
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/30/2026, 8:02 PM
Negativity Bias 19.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 10.3% - Biased Writer Voice 10.2%
Democratic Party leaders in the House reversed course and moved to back a resolution against U.S. involvement in Israel’s war on Lebanon on Tuesday, giving the bill overwhelming support from Democrats for the first time since Congress began seeking to address the conflict. The resolution sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., failed... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/23/2026, 7:58 PM
Framing Effect 49.8% - Biased Writer Voice 13.4% - Straw Man 7.9%
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Daniel Sanchez Estrada wasn’t accused of attempted murder or material support of terrorism after a protest turned catastrophically wrong outside an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas. He was merely convicted of obstructing the investigation by moving a box full of antifascist zines after the protest. Giving him a... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/19/2026, 9:09 AM
Biased Writer Voice 27.6% - Negativity Bias 18% - Genetic Fallacy 12.9%
A crypto super PAC that has praised President Donald Trump and previously endorsed an all-Republican slate of candidates has finally found a Democrat it can get behind: New York Rep. Ritchie Torres. The Fellowship PAC dropped $300,000 on Monday to boost Torres in the final days of his reelection primary campaign, funneling its ad spend... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/18/2026, 2:36 AM
Negativity Bias 28.7% - Biased Writer Voice 23.8% - Unattributed Quote 10.2%
Before President Donald Trump threw his latest hand grenade into congressional negotiations over a key domestic spying law, two factions of Senate Democrats seemed to believe they were on the verge of a breakthrough. Privacy advocates thought they had their best chance in years of passing reforms, including a warrant requirement for... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/17/2026, 10:11 AM
Framing Effect 19.2% - Hasty Generalization 11.2% - Appeal to Emotion 10.2%
When Congressional Democrats rallied against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as temporary director of national intelligence last week, they said he was an unqualified pick who would be too eager to use the job to undermine elections. Now some high-ranking Democrats are lining up to support another permanent... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle
- 6/12/2026, 5:37 PM
Negativity Bias 63.8% - Unattributed Quote 26.6% - Appeal to Emotion 20.8%
A Democratic senator has asked newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to explain the department’s racist social media presence and assure the agency has not been “infiltrated by violent extremists.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., pointed to a March bulletin from Colorado law enforcement analysts that was unearthed... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/11/2026, 7:42 PM
Negativity Bias 25.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 13.3% - Appeal to Emotion 13.2%
When the House of Representatives voted on a long-term extension of a controversial surveillance law in April, House Democratic leaders were content to let their members vote as they wished, dealing a blow to privacy advocates seeking reforms to a provision that allows domestic spying without a warrant. House Minority Leader Hakeem... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/10/2026, 7:57 PM
Biased Writer Voice 28.7% - Negativity Bias 24.8% - Unattributed Quote 19.9%
For years, centrist Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia dismissed claims that a key National Security Agency surveillance program could be abused to spy on Americans. Then President Donald Trump tapped Bill Pulte — an unqualified housing official accused of misusing sensitive databases to pursue the president’s political... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/4/2026, 8:54 PM
Negativity Bias 24.9% - Indoctrination 13.6% - Availability Heuristic 12.9%
House Democrats voted unanimously on Wednesday against continuing the Iran war without congressional approval — but a day later, Democratic leaders helped defeat a similar measure aimed at Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon. The second measure failed 324-92 Thursday afternoon, a day after passage of a war powers resolution focused on Iran... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge
- 6/3/2026, 1:38 AM
Politically Left Leaning Bias 21.8% - Negativity Bias 19.2% - Confirmation Bias 10.3%
A former U.S. Army combat surgeon with backing from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, streamer Hasan Piker, and an anti-AIPAC super PAC won a New Jersey primary on Tuesday despite last-minute negative attacks. Adam Hamawy beat a crowded field of Democrats in the state’s 12th Congressional District. The winner of the primary is expected to... more