The year in numbers: 2025 in Seattle and Washington state82%
By Teo Popescu0%
12/31/2025, 10:22:23 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, Recency Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 47.5% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 198 faulty-reasoning hits from 61 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 74.3% and a BS Rank of 82% (3,138 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 81.30% of the article peer group.
Record-breaking protests.
A historic run for the Mariners.
Mass tech layoffs.
The closest local election in decades.
Here are some of the numbers that shaped KUOW’s stories this year.
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Confirmation Bias
19.7%Confirmation Bias
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19.7%AuthorTeo Popescu
2.4%PublicationKUOW
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
3.1%PublicationKUOW
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Availability Heuristic
27.9%Availability Heuristic
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27.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
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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
47.5%Framing Effect
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47.5%AuthorTeo Popescu
7%PublicationKUOW
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0.6%PublicationKUOW
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
26.2%Optimism Bias
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26.2%AuthorTeo Popescu
1.6%PublicationKUOW
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Pessimism Bias
4.9%Pessimism Bias
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4.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
1.7%PublicationKUOW
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Negativity Bias
8.2%Negativity Bias
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8.2%AuthorTeo Popescu
3.7%PublicationKUOW
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Self-Serving Bias
47.5%Self-Serving Bias
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47.5%AuthorTeo Popescu
3.6%PublicationKUOW
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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
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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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
47.5%Recency Bias
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47.5%AuthorTeo Popescu
2.7%PublicationKUOW
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0.6%PublicationKUOW
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%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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7%PublicationKUOW
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0.5%PublicationKUOW
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
27.9%Hasty Generalization
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27.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
5.4%PublicationKUOW
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
19.7%Begging the Question
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19.7%AuthorTeo Popescu
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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
27.9%Anecdotal
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27.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
19.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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19.7%AuthorTeo Popescu
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Biased Writer Voice
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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61 words analyzed.
Analysis
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