Author: The Intercept Briefing
The Intercept Briefing
has 6.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.3%.
Articles analyzed: 14.
Words analyzed: 319,260.
Analyzed articles
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 6/25/2026, 6:30 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 4.5% - Hasty Generalization 3.9% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 2.3%
All three congressional candidates that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamadani endorsed won their primaries on Tuesday. The races were widely viewed as a test of just how much influence the left would have in charting the next chapter for the Democratic Party — and a referendum on Mamdani’s power. “Mamdani is the one variable that... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 6/19/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 21% - Unattributed Quote 20.2% - Confirmation Bias 12.4%
Over the last few years, the world has seen unspeakable violence, death, and devastation from Israel’s war on Gaza. During that time, global perception has shifted as the scale of Israel’s destruction grew, with the death toll climbing to more than 73,000 people. Since the October 2025 “ceasefire,” Israeli military attacks have killed... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 6/12/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 21.8% - Hasty Generalization 20.8% - Anecdotal 8.3%
On Tuesday night, oyster farmer and combat veteran Graham Platner overwhelmingly sailed to victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine. His opponent, Gov. Janet Mills unofficially dropped out in late April, leaving Platner effectively unopposed. But a series of scandals rocked his candidacy, leaving his viability against Republican... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 6/5/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 30.7% - Appeal to Emotion 14.6% - Anecdotal 13.7%
Hundreds of detained people launched a hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, over Memorial Day weekend to protest inhumane conditions at the immigration detention facility run by the for-profit company GEO Group. Protesters flocked to the scene to echo detainees’ pleas for release and better conditions — and were... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 5/29/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 25.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.7% - Hasty Generalization 10.9%
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts and water demands of the proposed project in the drought-stricken Great Salt Lake region, O’Leary has claimed protesters are “bused in,”... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 5/22/2026, 10:00 AM
Hasty Generalization 28.9% - Biased Writer Voice 20.7% - Negativity Bias 17.9%
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was decisively ousted on Tuesday night in his Kentucky primary, a win for President Donald Trump, who had launched an all-out attack on the congressman for his role in pushing for the release of the Epstein files. But in Pennsylvania, the left had a lot to celebrate. Chris Rabb won by nearly 15 points in... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 5/15/2026, 11:30 AM
Negativity Bias 20.6% - Biased Writer Voice 15.1% - Hasty Generalization 13.6%
IN 16 pages, the Trump administration’s new official counterterrorism strategy outlines in broad terms who it views as terrorist threats and priority targets, ranging from anti-fascist activists to ISIS and so-called narco-terrorists. The line “We will find you, and we will kill you” appears in the memo. “[The] strategy brings together... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 5/8/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 24.8% - Appeal to Emotion 13.9% - Hasty Generalization 12.2%
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights in the midst of midterm primary elections. Last week, the court struck down a Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district. The decision requires there to be evidence of intentional racism to prove that a... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 5/1/2026, 10:00 AM
Framing Effect 15.3% - Hasty Generalization 3.6% - Availability Heuristic 3.5%
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. “I remember the feeling was very similar to when it was clear that the House had been invaded on January 6, 2021,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who was in attendance, tells The Intercept Briefing. “Everybody... more
The Intercept
- By The Intercept Briefing
- 4/24/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 21.1% - Hasty Generalization 9.6% - False Dilemma 9.4%
It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual abuse and misconduct. Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have “made accountability for sexual abuse and sexual violence an electoral issue,” says Intercept politics reporter... more