Author: Ciara Hulet
Ciara Hulet
has 13.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 16.
Words analyzed: 54,125.
Analyzed articles
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 7/2/2026, 8:00 AM
Anecdotal 17.3% - Indoctrination 13.4% - Optimism Bias 11.5%
It’s hard to discern what’s true anymore — think deep-fake videos, rampant misinformation and even disinformation campaigns. But made-up news stories are as old as the United States itself. Even Benjamin Franklin was a culprit. Utah Valley University history professor Greg Jackson tells the story in his new book, “Been There, Done That:... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 6/10/2026, 8:00 AM
Availability Heuristic 14.2% - Indoctrination 14.1% - Optimism Bias 13.6%
Utah County’s Saratoga Springs is the definition of being between a rock and a hard place. It’s a long and narrow city, squished by Lake Mountain on one side and Utah Lake on the other, with few roads in and out. And after three fires in the area in the last week, people are worried about being able to leave if there’s a large-scale... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/29/2026, 6:00 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 38.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22% - Hasty Generalization 13.7%
When people think of ex-Mormons, what comes to mind is probably liberals who don’t like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ policy stance against gay marriage or ordaining women. A new analysis challenges that assumption. It shows that people who leave the church lean Republican. Looking at a sample of 316 ex-Mormons in the... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/26/2026, 8:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 19.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.5% - Negativity Bias 16.1%
On the race course, you’ll find 16-year-old May Miller on her blue mountain bike, Cinderella Sparkle Princess. Her friend Ivy Wollenzien’s black-and-gold bike also has a creative name, but with a little more bite: Cash Money the Destroyer. “Because, like, I don't play around,” she explained. “I'm fierce.” The fiery competitors want to... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/12/2026, 10:42 PM
Indoctrination 39.6% - Appeal to Emotion 23.3% - Hasty Generalization 16.9%
You can find an English-language version of the story here. _____ El ganador del Concurso Tiny Desk de NPR 2026, anunciado el 12 de mayo, es Cure For Paranoia, un colectivo de hip-hop de Dallas. more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/10/2026, 8:00 AM
Indoctrination 27.7% - Appeal to Emotion 22% - Hasty Generalization 15.9%
Out of more than 6,000 entries for this year’s NPR Tiny Desk Contest, a group from Lehi, Utah, is one of the five finalists. It’s a 15-person ensemble called The King Will Come. The worship song they entered is called “Welcome.” The chorus opens with the singers soulfully harmonizing, “Welcome, welcome to the kingdom.” “So it's like,... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/8/2026, 7:21 PM
Negativity Bias 14% - Optimism Bias 6.9% - Indoctrination 6.7%
You can find an English-language version of the story here. Según su mejor estimación, JR Colledge, de 68 años, ha vivido en el parque de casas móviles Shady Acres durante unos 20 años. Es parte de la vivienda más barata de la ciudad. Pero Shady Acres está amenazado por la inminente gran remodelación del centro comercial cercano Provo... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/7/2026, 8:00 AM
Negativity Bias 16.4% - Appeal to Authority 12.5% - Indoctrination 10.6%
By his best guess, 68-year-old JR Colledge has lived at Shady Acres mobile home park for about 20 years. It's some of the cheapest housing in the city. But Shady Acres is threatened by the looming major makeover of the nearby Provo Towne Centre mall. The gray-haired jokester lives with his “psycho” orange cat, Simba, and his... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 5/6/2026, 8:00 AM
Optimism Bias 8.5% - Pessimism Bias 7.1% - Appeal to Authority 4.8%
Provo Towne Centre has a dead mall reputation, and the owner now wants a major remodel to make way for a new mix of retail and housing. But the mall’s unpopularity has created space for a unique community to grow there in recent years, with stores like We Geek Together and Wandering Wizards. Some have even called it America’s nerdiest... more
KUER
- By Ciara Hulet
- 4/21/2026, 8:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 23.6% - Overconfidence Bias 20.1% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.3%
As Utah Republicans and Democrats ready their 2026 midterm nominating conventions this weekend, recent data show the political landscape is shifting within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the last 18 years, members moved 19 points to the left, according to a new report from the global analytics firm YouGov based on... more