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Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - Dec 18-21⁠70%

By Jason Burrows⁠0% Libby Denkmann⁠0%

12/18/2025, 3:45:02 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including In-Group Bias, Optimism Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 24.8% saturation with 37 hits. Analysis detected 167 faulty-reasoning hits from 149 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (6,621 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.80% of the article peer group.

The end of the year is just around the corner, and with the next two Thursdays each being holidays, this is the final Weekend Warmup of the Year! 
LINKS: 
- TNF! Seahawks vs Rams — Thurs 12/18 
- The 29th Annual Model Train Festival - Washington State Historical Society — Opens Fri 12/19 - runs through Jan 1, 2026 
- 2025 Winter Beer Fest – WA Brewers Guild — Fri/Sat - 12/19-20 
- Hell’s Belles at the Croc — Sat 12/20 
- United Indians Native Art Market » United Indians of All Tribes Foundation - Daybreak Star — Sat/Sun - 12/20-21 
- Seattle Torrent vs Boston Fleet — Sun 12/21 - 2pm 
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Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 5.7%KUOW: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 2.3%KUOW: 3.4%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.4%KUOW: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 24.8%Jason Burrows: 17.6%KUOW: 7.4%Framing Effect24.8%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 10.1%Jason Burrows: 16.0%KUOW: 2.7%Halo Effect10.1%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 18.8%Jason Burrows: 27.7%KUOW: 2.0%In-Group Bias18.8%This article: 6.0%Jason Burrows: 2.1%KUOW: 1.0%Loss Aversion6.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.8%KUOW: 8.0%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 18.8%Jason Burrows: 14.5%KUOW: 3.8%Optimism Bias18.8%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 1.5%KUOW: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.9%KUOW: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 5.5%KUOW: 1.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 2.9%KUOW: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 4.5%KUOW: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 8.7%Jason Burrows: 4.8%KUOW: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias8.7%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 5.3%KUOW: 1.0%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.4%KUOW: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 1.9%KUOW: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 10.1%Jason Burrows: 6.6%KUOW: 4.3%Appeal to Authority10.1%This article: 14.8%Jason Burrows: 14.4%KUOW: 6.1%Appeal to Emotion14.8%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 3.7%KUOW: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.7%KUOW: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 3.6%KUOW: 1.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.4%KUOW: 4.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Jason Burrows: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%

149 words analyzed.

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Analysis

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