Mark your calendars for the next set of live KUOW Book Club talks at Seattle Public Library 22%

By Katie Campbell0%

6/22/2026, 4:03:09 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 23.7% saturation with 138 hits. Analysis detected 1,019 faulty-reasoning hits from 582 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 35.9% and a BS Rank of 22% (16,099 of 20,518 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 78.50% of the article peer group.

The KUOW Book Club and The Seattle Public Library are announcing another round of live author talks at the Central Library. 
We'll be featuring four talented Pacific Northwest storytellers from July to October. 
Each of their works has something of an outdoorsy vibe, perfect for the summer and early fall. 
All library events are free and open to the public, but registration for each of these events is required. 
Get tickets and more details at the links below, or find them on our events page. 
And don't forget to sign up for the KUOW Book Club newsletter here. 
This series of talks will begin in July with Patrick Hutchison's "Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman." 
Who among us hasn’t dreamed of dropping everything and escaping to a cabin in the woods? 
But how many of us could actually make it work? 
When Hutchison left his office job to restore a rundown cabin in the Pacific Northwest, he quickly realized he was far out of his depth. 
Hutchison shares stories from six years of renovations, mishaps, and hard-earned lessons from life off the grid. 
Join us at the Seattle Central Library on July 16 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask Hutchison  and all of our featured authors  questions and get books signed. 
Register for free here. 
We'll continue in August with Maya Jewell Zeller, author of "Raised by Ferns." 
Born in a Pacific Northwest gas station to itinerant, countercultural parents, Zeller grew up in a world shaped by poverty, wildness, and fierce self-reliance. 
In her memoir, she reflects on her journey from what she calls “a feral girl” searching for both freedom and safety to a middle-class adult reckoning with identity, belonging, and uneasy privilege. 
Join us at the Seattle Central Library on Aug. 20 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 
Register for free here. 
In September, we'll welcome Amy Bowers Cordalis, author of "The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life." 
In the Pacific Northwest, the story of salmon is deeply intertwined with the history of the Indigenous peoples who have long called this region home. 
Cordalis, a member of the Yurok Tribe in Northern California, comes from generations of advocates who have fought to protect salmon and defend tribal rights to land, water, and sovereignty. 
She'll discuss carrying forward the Yurok Tribe’s 170-year fight for justice and environmental stewardship. 
Join us at the Seattle Central Library on Sept. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 
Register for free here. 
Finally, we'll transition into fall  and spooky season  in October with Anne de Marcken's novel "It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over." 
The undead narrator at the center of the story is adrift, having forgotten her name and much of what once made her human. 
Longing to be known and loved again, she journeys west in search of a place where she might recover some part of herself  accompanied all the while by an opinionated crow living in her chest. 
The result is a genre-defying meditation on mortality, transformation, and love. 
Join us for a conversation about what it means to be alive on Oct. 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. 
Register for free here. 
Can't make it to the live shows? 
Recordings will be available on Meet Me Here, KUOW's arts and culture podcast. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 2.6%KUOW: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 12.0%Katie Campbell: 3.0%KUOW: 3.4%Availability Heuristic12.0%This article: 7.2%Katie Campbell: 1.0%KUOW: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic7.2%This article: 4.3%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.7%Hindsight Bias4.3%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.8%KUOW: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 23.7%Katie Campbell: 3.6%KUOW: 7.4%Framing Effect23.7%This article: 4.6%Katie Campbell: 1.1%KUOW: 1.0%Loss Aversion4.6%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 1.0%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.6%Katie Campbell: 2.9%KUOW: 3.8%Optimism Bias8.6%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 1.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 4.9%KUOW: 8.0%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 2.9%Katie Campbell: 1.3%KUOW: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias2.9%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 12.2%Katie Campbell: 2.2%KUOW: 2.0%In-Group Bias12.2%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 17.4%Katie Campbell: 5.2%KUOW: 2.7%Halo Effect17.4%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.0%KUOW: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 2.2%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.4%Primacy Effect2.2%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 2.4%KUOW: 4.3%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 1.7%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 1.4%False Dilemma1.7%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 4.1%KUOW: 4.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 2.7%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 0.8%Bandwagon2.7%This article: 19.1%Katie Campbell: 5.6%KUOW: 6.1%Appeal to Emotion19.1%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 4.3%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)4.3%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 3.7%KUOW: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.8%KUOW: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.5%Katie Campbell: 0.9%KUOW: 1.0%Unattributed Quote5.5%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 17.4%Katie Campbell: 7.4%KUOW: 3.2%Biased Writer Voice17.4%This article: 5.5%Katie Campbell: 3.3%KUOW: 1.5%Indoctrination5.5%This article: 13.1%Katie Campbell: 1.1%KUOW: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias13.1%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 10.7%Katie Campbell: 5.8%KUOW: 1.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…10.7%

582 words analyzed.

Speakers

7speakers55%attributed speech260writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
KUOW Book Club • 17 words • 100.0% coverageKUOW Book Club • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageSeattle Public Library • 19 words • 0.0% coverageKUOW Book Club • 16 words • 100.0% coverageKUOW Book Club • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coveragePatrick Hutchison • 25 words • 0.0% coveragePatrick Hutchison • 17 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Central Library • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 21 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Public Library • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageMaya Jewell Zeller • 24 words • 100.0% coverageMaya Jewell Zeller • 32 words • 100.0% coverageSeattle Central Library • 15 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Public Library • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageAmy Bowers Cordalis • 30 words • 100.0% coverageAmy Bowers Cordalis • 14 words • 100.0% coverageSeattle Central Library • 15 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Public Library • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 24 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 36 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Central Library • 20 words • 0.0% coverageSeattle Public Library • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageKUOW • 13 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Amy Bowers Cordalis

100%flagged-word coverage
44 attributed words14% of attributed speech69% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Politically Left Leaning B+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Amy Bowers Cordalis: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-29.6 ptsWriter: 29.6%Amy Bowers Cordalis: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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