Speaker summary
⁠51%18 analyzed articles/videos241.667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These KUOW results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 92 hits. Analysis detected 450.522 faulty-reasoning hits from 241.667 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠5% (25,529 of 26,780 speakers). This KUOW is better (less manipulative) than 95.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

5% percentile
02550751004.7% percentile
6.5% BS Score18 analyzed videos241.7 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Speaker 28.8%28.8%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Speaker 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 2.9%2.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Speaker 16.7%16.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Speaker 5.3%5.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 8.4%8.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Speaker 3.6%3.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 10.2%10.2%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 2.9%2.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Speaker 28.8%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 16.7%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 10.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 8.4%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Speaker 3.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Status Quo Bias: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Speaker 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Begging the Question: Speaker 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Indoctrination: Speaker 0.9%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

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KUOW - Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting⁠31%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By David Folkenflik⁠77%7/11/2026, 9:26:44 PM
KUOW - Fresh Air Weekend: Music producer Peter Asher⁠36%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By KUOW Public Radio⁠0%7/11/2026, 4:56:41 PM
KUOW - Opinion: Is democracy a joke? Count Binface says no.⁠37%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Scott Simon⁠0%7/11/2026, 12:56:43 PM
KUOW - After performing perfectly through the World Cup⁠21%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Casey Martin⁠0%7/11/2026, 4:12:31 AM
KUOW - What Xbox's layoffs⁠40%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Monica Nickelsburg⁠0%7/10/2026, 8:30:06 PM
KUOW - Federal judge orders Tacoma ICE center to allow health and safety inspections⁠15%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Sarah Mizes-Tan⁠40%7/10/2026, 6:25:26 PM
KUOW - Microsoft's climate-warming emissions surge 25%⁠29%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Monica Nickelsburg⁠0%7/9/2026, 9:13:31 PM
KUOW - The World Cup gave parts of Seattle a boost⁠25%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Kim Malcolm⁠38%7/9/2026, 12:29:28 AM
After Spokane anti-ICE protest, FBI reportedly extracted data from demonstrators' phones⁠26%
KUOW Public Radio⁠71%By Libby Denkmann⁠0% Maleeha Syed⁠0%7/2/2026, 11:04:09 PM
High expectations, low buzz: World Cup fans appear to favor alcohol over weed in Seattle⁠34%
KUOW⁠71%By Cornelius Hocker⁠43%6/26/2026, 11:24:13 PM
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