Publication: Mother Jones
Mother Jones
has 37.3% among publications.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 31.
Words analyzed: 143,859.
Analyzed articles
Mother Jones
- By Jeffrey Kelly
- 7/3/2026, 1:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 18.1% - Negativity Bias 17.8% - Optimism Bias 16%
On New Year’s Eve, fireworks bloomed behind the Washington Monument. Along the side of the 550-foot structure, a birthday candle was projected, flickering as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played. This spectacle kicked off Freedom 250’s countdown to the semiquincentennial and was followed by animated neoclassic-style graphics overlaid with... more
Mother Jones
- By Michael Mechanic, Thomas Jefferson
- 7/3/2026, 11:30 AM
Negativity Bias 29.3% - Appeal to Emotion 28.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 18.3%
On a glorious morning walk about a week before America’s 250th birthday, I was listening to Jon Stewart’s podcast on that theme. I recommend it. One of the things he discusses with his historian guests, Yale’s David Blight and Harvard’s Annette Gordon-Reed, is the Declaration of Independence, which both historians called a “dangerous... more
Mother Jones
- By Chris Vazquez
- 7/2/2026, 11:12 PM
Biased Writer Voice 37.2% - Confirmation Bias 26.7% - Appeal to Emotion 23.8%
If you want to understand U.S. politics, take the train. The Trump administration’s federal budget request for the next fiscal year includes steep cuts to passenger rail. According to an analysis by the High Speed Rail Alliance, a pro-rail advocacy group, the budget proposal would slash Federal Railroad Administration funding by 81... more
Mother Jones
- By Jeremy Schulman
- 7/2/2026, 8:14 PM
Biased Writer Voice 97.2% - Framing Effect 49.3% - Negativity Bias 41.3%
"Loitering is not permitted in this area," an audio recording sternly warns, as uniformed National Guard troops patrol Washington's iconic, algae-plagued reflecting pool. "Please proceed to a designated location." Journalist Amanda Moore's dystopian video, shot last weekend just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, instantly went viral—a... more
Mother Jones
- By Amy Hawkins
- 7/1/2026, 11:30 AM
Framing Effect 12.4% - Confirmation Bias 5.5% - Unattributed Quote 5.3%
China has emerged as the sole winner in Asia from the strait of Hormuz crisis, according to a report published on Tuesday. The report by the geopolitical consulting firm Asia Group concluded that China had weathered the storm of the global commodities crisis resulting from the closure of the Middle Eastern waterway, and also stood to... more
Mother Jones
- By Pema Levy
- 6/30/2026, 5:59 PM
Negativity Bias 34.8% - Appeal to Emotion 26.1% - Biased Writer Voice 22.9%
The Supreme Court affirmed on Tuesday that that birthright citizenship is the law of the land. The decision, by Chief Justice John Roberts, upholds the clear meaning of the Constitution and knocks down the Trump administration’s attempt to deny citizenship to thousands of newborns every year. It’s no exaggeration to say that the case was... more
Mother Jones
- By Michael Mechanic
- 6/30/2026, 3:46 PM
Negativity Bias 26.4% - Appeal to Authority 17.7% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 17%
This November, California voters will weigh what could become America’s first-ever tax on net worth. The Billionaire Tax Act, a ballot initiative put forth by health workers after President Donald Trump blew holes in the state Medicaid budget, would impose a one-time tax of 5 percent on personal wealth exceeding $1 billion. With polls... more
Mother Jones
- By Julia Métraux
- 6/29/2026, 7:42 PM
Negativity Bias 43% - Framing Effect 26.1% - Quote-first Misdirection 16.3%
On Monday, officials in 25 states and Washington, DC sued Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz over the interim final rule for Medicaid work requirements established by President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The new rule,... more
Mother Jones
- By Pema Levy
- 6/29/2026, 5:29 PM
Negativity Bias 52.2% - Biased Writer Voice 43.7% - Appeal to Authority 22.4%
The Roberts Court Just Put Trump in Charge of Independent Agencies, Vastly Expanding His Powers “Today, the majority reshapes our Government.” The Supreme Court on Monday gave the president the authority to remove the leadership of most agencies that Congress had set up to act independently of presidential control. The ruling in Trump v.... more
Mother Jones
- By Pema Levy
- 6/29/2026, 4:49 PM
Biased Writer Voice 18.4% - In-Group Bias 14.4% - Ad Hominem 11.4%
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, dealing a setback to Trump’s campaign to take control of monetary policy. The court’s 5-4 decision preserves Cook’s job as she continues to fight her removal, but it is not the final word on Trump’s... more