Topic: Social Affairs
Social Affairs
has 85.1% among topics.
BS Score: 8.3%.
Articles analyzed: 6.
Words analyzed: 1,696.
Analyzed articles
The Washington Post
- By Susannah George
- 7/3/2026, 12:41 PM
Framing Effect 100% - Biased Writer Voice 61.1% - Confirmation Bias 47.8%
For four months, Iran feared it was too dangerous to lay to rest Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader who was killed in an airstrike on the first day of the joint U.S.-Israeli war. Now, shielded by a tentative truce — and perhaps by an America distracted by its 250th July Fourth celebration — millions of Iranians are... more
The Washington Post
- By Gregory S. Schneider
- 6/29/2026, 9:00 AM
Framing Effect 98.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 98.3% - Biased Writer Voice 98.3%
ST. STEPHEN, S.C. — Black voters in South Carolina and other southern states are turning out in defiance of what many see as President Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress their political power, fueling Democratic hopes of clinching upset wins in the region in this fall’s midterm elections. more
The Washington Post
- By Maria Sacchetti, Lauren Kaori Gurley
- 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 28.9% - Loss Aversion 27.6% - Pessimism Bias 27.6%
Immigrants began making plans to sell or rent their homes, secure bank accounts and figure out thorny issues like child custody arrangements. Business owners started calculating how many days they can continue to employ workers whose legal status is set to expire. And nursing home leaders warned they would have fewer beds to offer if... more
The Washington Post
- By Phil Davison
- 6/12/2026, 10:22 AM
Halo Effect 72.1% - Biased Writer Voice 72.1%
David Hockney, an English painter, photographer, stage designer, printmaker and draftsman who long made Southern California his muse and his home, and the fleeting beauty of life’s smallest moments the grand theme of his shape-shifting art, died June 11 at his home in London. He was 88. more
The Washington Post
- By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan
- 6/5/2026, 9:00 AM
Framing Effect 100% - Availability Heuristic 86.4% - Negativity Bias 86.4%
In the days following a Trump administration announcement declaring most green card applicants would have to return to their countries of origin, America’s business leaders — including from the tech and artificial intelligence industries — privately warned the White House and other Trump officials that the policy would harm their... more
The Washington Post
- By Mariana Alfaro, Karin Brulliard
- 5/18/2026, 8:34 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 30% - Negativity Bias 21.3% - Appeal to Authority 21.3%
Three men were fatally shot at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday morning, and two teenage suspects were found dead nearby shortly after, authorities said. The attackers’ motive was not immediately clear, and San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said they had made no known threat to the mosque. But he said “hate rhetoric was... more