Weekend Listen: Where have all the diners gone? Examining Seattle’s “K-Shaped” economy 70%
By Patricia Murphy0%
4/18/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Topics: Seattle
BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 51.5% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 337 faulty-reasoning hits from 97 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 63.5% and a BS Rank of 70% (5,098 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.70% of the article peer group.
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The middle class economy is quintessentially American.
It’s a whole range of businesses that cropped up to serve the growing middle class after World War II.
Think coffee and apple pie at your neighborhood diner.
Or back-to- school shopping at Sears.
But companies that cater to the middle class are cratering under the weight of the affordability crisis.
Why is the middle economy disappearing?
And what does it mean for the businesses we love?
Confirmation Bias
6.2%Confirmation Bias
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6.2%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
15.5%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
7.2%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
10.3%Framing Effect
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10.3%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Loss Aversion
18.6%Loss Aversion
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18.6%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
17.5%Pessimism Bias
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17.5%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Negativity Bias
36.1%Negativity Bias
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36.1%AuthorPatricia Murphy
6.8%PublicationKUOW
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
17.5%Fundamental Attribution Error
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17.5%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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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
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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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
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
17.5%Slippery Slope
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17.5%AuthorPatricia Murphy
0.7%PublicationKUOW
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
17.5%Hasty Generalization
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17.5%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
25.8%Appeal to Emotion
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25.8%AuthorPatricia Murphy
4.3%PublicationKUOW
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
37.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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37.1%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
7.2%Composition/Division
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7.2%AuthorPatricia Murphy
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Anecdotal
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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
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Unattributed Quote
6.2%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
51.5%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
24.7%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
11.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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97 words analyzed.
Analysis
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