Author: Sam Biddle
Sam Biddle
has 35.5% among authors.
BS Score: 2.4%.
Articles analyzed: 12.
Words analyzed: 60,618.
Analyzed articles
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 6/18/2026, 10:12 AM
Negativity Bias 31.4% - Biased Writer Voice 24.6% - Hasty Generalization 16.4%
Israel’s government asked Meta to censor social media content about its ongoing war against Iran, according to internal documents viewed by The Intercept. Company records show that Israel petitioned Meta to take down Facebook and Instagram posts expressing support for Iran, opposition to Israel, and even depictions of Iranian missile... 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 Sam Biddle
- 6/6/2026, 9:42 AM
Negativity Bias 37.4% - Unattributed Quote 20.3% - Appeal to Authority 16.9%
Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI company that puts values over profits — unlike more mercenary rivals such as OpenAI or Google. But Anthropic’s double standard on authoritarianism suggests the nearly trillion-dollar firm is as calculating... more
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 6/2/2026, 4:20 PM
Negativity Bias 40.4% - Biased Writer Voice 34.4% - Hasty Generalization 20.5%
The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found. La Tilde quietly began development early this year and appears to still be a work in progress, pitching itself as a modern media brand for Latin American audiences... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle
- 6/1/2026, 2:30 PM
Negativity Bias 46.4% - Quote-first Misdirection 19.8% - Hasty Generalization 17.4%
Americans speaking out against artificial intelligence data centers on social media are falling under police surveillance, a confidential law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Intercept reveals. A fusion center in Philadelphia combed through spicy internet comments from AI critics and concluded there is a growing risk of physical... more
The Intercept
- By Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle
- 5/21/2026, 4:23 PM
Negativity Bias 51.6% - Hasty Generalization 25.8% - Unattributed Quote 19.5%
Colorado law enforcement officials warned their counterparts across the country that social media posts by the Department of Homeland Security recruiting for ICE contained so many white supremacist themes that they could endanger the public, according to internal records obtained by The Intercept. The Colorado Information Analysis Center... more
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 5/1/2026, 3:55 PM
Negativity Bias 49.4% - Biased Writer Voice 38.4% - Appeal to Emotion 26.2%
The bitter courtroom brawl between Elon Musk and Sam Altman captivating the tech industry this week revolves in no small part around fears that artificial intelligence technologies both men are building could spiral out of control and exterminate humanity. Such far-looking scenarios obscure the fact that tech companies are enlisting to... more
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 4/24/2026, 3:00 PM
Negativity Bias 53% - Framing Effect 19.1% - Availability Heuristic 16%
military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept. Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has used Palantir’s Lead and Case Analytics platform to aggregate... more
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 4/20/2026, 12:42 PM
Negativity Bias 40% - Appeal to Authority 30.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 21%
The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals. Last year, the LAPD launched its “Drone as First Responder” program with a clearly articulated goal: to protect and even save lives.... more
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 4/20/2026, 9:51 AM
Negativity Bias 22.7% - Appeal to Authority 22% - Hasty Generalization 17%
Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News look like typical news websites. They have neatly designed homepages and active social media accounts, where they share reporting and videos on Middle Eastern geopolitics in Arabic and Farsi, respectively, as well as English. Al-Fassel’s X account states the publication’s mission is “to investigate events of... more