Publication: Slate
Slate
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BS Score: 1.9%.
Articles analyzed: 23.
Words analyzed: 111,763.
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Slate Magazine
- By Rebecca Onion
- 7/3/2026, 2:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 61% - Negativity Bias 31.6% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 14.8%
This piece contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Dutton Ranch. One of those odd overlaps between television and real life unfolded in late May, when an episode of the Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch had Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) discovering that a new bull he’d purchased for his South Texas ranch had infected his herd with... more
Slate Magazine
- By Lizzie O’Leary
- 7/3/2026, 1:00 PM
Confirmation Bias 25.4% - Hasty Generalization 24.8% - Negativity Bias 21.7%
This Independence Day, we will tell ourselves a lot of stories about what it means to be American. One consistent narrative, however, even 250 years in, is our country’s inability to reckon with the genocide of Indigenous people that kicked the whole thing off. According to Rebecca Nagle, a citizen of Cherokee Nation, a writer and... more
Slate Magazine
- By Chason Gordon
- 7/3/2026, 9:45 AM
Biased Writer Voice 20.2% - Hasty Generalization 19.8% - Appeal to Emotion 13.5%
Amber Waves of Grease America has a reputation for food that’s fatty, fried, and fantastically decadent. How we got here is a gut-busting story—and it started way before McDonald’s. The World Cup has seen a slew of visitors to the U.S. showing unbridled enthusiasm for burgers and chicken fingers and the physics-defying magic of free... more
Slate Magazine
- By Jordan Weissmann
- 7/3/2026, 9:40 AM
Biased Writer Voice 21.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.8% - Hasty Generalization 18.2%
This is part of One Nation Under Booze, a celebration of 250 years of alcohol-soaked American history. Read all of the series here. What drink deserves to be considered the Great American Cocktail? Ask most booze aficionados, and there is a strong chance you will receive one of just a few answers. Maybe the old fashioned, our nation’s... more
Slate
- By Dahlia Lithwick, Sonja West
- 7/2/2026, 6:18 PM
Biased Writer Voice 74.8% - Negativity Bias 48.9% - Hasty Generalization 29.8%
This week, veteran National Public Radio reporter Nina Totenberg briefly published a story stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. This report was wrong, and within minutes, NPR retracted the story. What followed was a day of public self-flagellation from Totenberg, her editor, and NPR itself, followed by a Cersei... more
Slate Magazine
- By Christina Cauterucci
- 7/2/2026, 9:45 AM
Negativity Bias 62% - Biased Writer Voice 60.3% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 20.9%
As far as the blunders of Donald Trump go, the Reflecting Pool situation is a small one. Though a few dead ducks have been found in the area, no humans were harmed by the algae blooms and leaks that have sullied the president’s plans to beautify the national landmark. Over the course of Trump’s reign, much larger chunks of taxpayer money... more
Slate Magazine
- By Shirin Ali
- 7/2/2026, 9:35 AM
Negativity Bias 37.7% - Biased Writer Voice 19.7% - Appeal to Emotion 12.3%
It would be easy to hail the U.S. Supreme Court justices as heroes for their ruling in Watson v. RNC last week, which preserves states’ right to count mailed ballots sent by Election Day, but received days later. The decision is undoubtedly a win for preserving access to U.S. elections. But lest we forget, just two months ago this same... more
Slate
- By Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern
- 6/30/2026, 10:13 PM
Framing Effect 21.2% - Ad Hominem 19% - Biased Writer Voice 14.4%
Some media outlets reported on Tuesday that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship by a 6–3 vote. But that’s not quite right: The court held that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants only by a 5–4 margin. Justice Brett Kavanaugh in fact dissented from that holding,... more
Slate
- By Mark Joseph Stern
- 6/30/2026, 4:22 PM
Appeal to Emotion 38% - Biased Writer Voice 36.8% - Negativity Bias 33.9%
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment means exactly what it says: Birthright citizenship is the nation’s fundamental law, and Donald Trump cannot repeal it via executive order. The vote was 5–4. This outcome is, of course, a relief. But the margin is a scandal. It is nothing short of stunning... more
Slate Magazine
- By J. Bryan Lowder
- 6/28/2026, 9:45 AM
Anecdotal 13.5% - Appeal to Authority 10.8% - Quote-first Misdirection 10.4%
Earlier this month, New York Times Cooking’s Genevieve Ko made the observation that “there’s a time and place for different desserts—cake for birthdays, gingerbread for the holidays—and now is the moment for strawberry-rhubarb pie.” Her argument: It’s the beginning of the fragile, sweet berry being in season (if you bought them before... more