Week in Review: flooding, the budget, and Rad Power Bikesā 96%

By Bill Radkeā 0% Kevin Kniestedtā 0%

12/19/2025, 9:45:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 26 hits. Analysis detected 52 faulty-reasoning hits from 26 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 93.8% and a BS Rank of ā 96% (858 of 20,408 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 95.80% of the article peer group.

HostĀ BillĀ RadkeĀ discussesĀ theĀ weekā€™sĀ newsĀ withĀ politicalĀ analystĀ andĀ contributingĀ columnistĀ JoniĀ Balter,Ā GeekwireĀ contributingĀ editorĀ MikeĀ Lewis,Ā andĀ EarthĀ FinanceĀ founderĀ ReuvenĀ Carlyle.Ā 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 3.4%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 2.6%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 33.3%KUOW: 7.4%Framing Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 100.0%Bill Radke: 100.0%KUOW: 2.7%Halo Effect100.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 33.3%KUOW: 2.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 8.0%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 3.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 33.3%KUOW: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.0%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 100.0%Bill Radke: 100.0%KUOW: 4.3%Appeal to Authority100.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 6.1%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.8%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 1.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Gamblerā€™s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 4.1%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Bill Radke: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%

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