KUOW73%
In loving memory of Seattle historian Paul Dorpat 37%
By Patricia Murphy0% Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers0%
6/8/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Topics: Seattle History, Journalism
BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Primacy Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 52.3% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 246 faulty-reasoning hits from 107 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43.5% and a BS Rank of 37% (13,890 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 63.50% of the article peer group.
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Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
29%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
12.1%Loss Aversion
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12.1%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
9.3%Sunk Cost Effect
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9.3%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
7.5%Negativity Bias
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7.5%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
14%Halo Effect
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14%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
19.6%Primacy Effect
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19.6%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
9.3%False Dilemma
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9.3%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
12.1%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
19.6%Appeal to Emotion
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19.6%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
14%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
21.5%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
9.3%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
52.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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52.3%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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107 words analyzed.
Analysis
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