Topic: Political Rhetoric
Political Rhetoric
has 33.7% among topics.
BS Score: 2.6%.
Articles analyzed: 9.
Words analyzed: 43,486.
Analyzed articles
Salon.com
- By Sophia Tesfaye
- 7/4/2026, 10:45 AM
Negativity Bias 46.1% - Biased Writer Voice 29.3% - Appeal to Emotion 21.8%
Since Donald Trump has turned our nation’s 250th anniversary into a celebration of himself — complete with grift — let’s imagine a Fourth of July that might have been. In this alternate history, the 2024 presidential election ended differently. Vice President Kamala Harris was elected the 47th president of the United States. Two years... more
Washington Monthly
- By Jack Rakove
- 7/4/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 20.4% - Appeal to Emotion 20.1% - Unattributed Quote 16.7%
Thomas Jefferson’s reported last words were, “Is it the Fourth?” John Adams’s were, “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” As a matter of fact, Adams was wrong; Jefferson had predeceased him by some hours. Their fellow Americans viewed their joint deaths on July 4, 1826, as a providential sign. Who are we to question their judgment? Exactly... more
The New Republic
- By Osita Nwanevu
- 7/3/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 20.1% - Biased Writer Voice 16.6% - Hasty Generalization 16.1%
Last year, The Atlantic reported that President Donald Trump had queried advisers about putting the delicate original copy of the Declaration of Independence on display in the Oval Office. “Trump’s request alarmed some of his aides, who immediately recognized both the implausibility and the expense of moving the original,” The Atlantic’s... more
Blaze Media
- By Christopher Flannery
- 6/27/2026, 7:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 19.5% - Indoctrination 18.4% - Confirmation Bias 17.8%
Oratory is out of fashion. The word itself sounds archaic to our ears, denoting something people used to practice in antiquity and at long length in 19th-century America. Even the more down-to-earth sounding “rhetoric” is heard to mean “mere” rhetoric — words false or deceptive by definition. Politicians talk about “messaging,” and the... more
The New Republic
- By Malcolm Ferguson
- 6/25/2026, 6:44 PM
Anecdotal 59.9% - Negativity Bias 50.7% - Biased Writer Voice 47%
President Trump, who definitely has not read all of the media coverage of the weak attendance at his rally on the National Mall on Wednesday night, insists that the event was “packed to the brim.” “The Crowd was incredible last night, packed to the brim — At least 45,000 people were there, with a huge Television and online audience. I... more
MS NOW
- By Steve Benen
- 6/12/2026, 6:32 PM
Biased Writer Voice 21.7% - Negativity Bias 16.4% - Availability Heuristic 14.6%
Exactly eight years ago this week, as Sen. Bob Corker neared the end of his congressional career, the Tennessee Republican voiced his frustrations about the direction of his party, telling reporters that the GOP had become almost “cultish” toward Donald Trump. The retiring senator added, “It’s not a good place for any party to end up... more
MS NOW
- By Noor Noman
- 6/8/2026, 9:15 PM
Negativity Bias 40.2% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 27.3% - Confirmation Bias 24%
Jennifer Lopez was the most recent big-name celebrity to join comedian Kareem Rahma for his viral social media video series, “Subway Takes.” Her thesis statement, or take: “You have to be born in New York to be a New Yorker.” Rahma suitably responded with a loud groan. “I know everybody wants to claim our city, but you have to be born in... more
Newsmax
- By Newsmax Wires
- 4/26/2026, 10:57 PM
Biased Writer Voice 55.3% - Politically Right Leaning Bias 42.2% - Burden of Proof 39.9%
A New York Post editorial published Sunday placed responsibility on what it described as the "radical left" for fostering a political climate that may be contributing to repeated assassination attempts against President Donald Trump. The editorial followed the latest incident Saturday night, in which a suspect came close to carrying out... more
The Intercept
- By Katherine Krueger
- 4/6/2026, 10:29 PM
Biased Writer Voice 52.5% - Negativity Bias 45.2% - Hasty Generalization 30.1%
Neither Josh Hartnett nor Ewan McGregor were there, but the way the mainstream media is telling it, they might as well have been. The Sunday morning rescue of a U.S. airman shot down over Iran launched a thousand breathless tick-tock retellings from the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CBS News, and many,... more