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Author: John Ryan

John Ryan has ^13.4% among authors. BS Score: 1.6%. Articles analyzed: 14. Words analyzed: 45,632.

Top reasoning patterns

Framing Effect - 9.7% (4,435 hits)
Appeal to Emotion - 8.5% (3,900 hits)
Negativity Bias - 7.7% (3,519 hits)
Appeal to Authority - 7.6% (3,449 hits)
Availability Heuristic - 3.9% (1,780 hits)
Pessimism Bias - 3.2% (1,446 hits)
Optimism Bias - 3.1% (1,429 hits)
Confirmation Bias - 3.1% (1,407 hits)

Analyzed articles

Five years after the dome: Washington remains vulnerable to extreme heat ^16.4%

KUOW - By John Ryan - 6/29/2026, 9:34 PM

Appeal to Authority 22.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12% - Anecdotal 11.7%

Five years after a record-shattering heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest, killing an estimated 1,200 people in British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington, the region is somewhat more prepared to handle extreme heat. But a million people in the Seattle metropolitan area alone may remain vulnerable to lethal temperatures at home or at work.... more

Trump administration halts dismantling of ocean-monitoring system ^11.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 6/19/2026, 1:03 AM

Negativity Bias 16.4% - Appeal to Emotion 16.2% - Optimism Bias 8%

The Trump administration has reversed course on its effort to shut down a network of ocean research stations in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The National Science Foundation on Thursday announced a halt to the dismantling of floating scientific observatories off Alaska, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and Greenland. Researchers... more

Washington paper mills mum about chemical safety after Longview disaster ^14.5%

KUOW - By Kim Malcolm, John Ryan - 6/11/2026, 12:43 AM

Negativity Bias 26.9% - Appeal to Authority 21.4% - Biased Writer Voice 17.2%

It's been two weeks since Washington's worst industrial accident in nearly a century. More than a half-million gallons of a caustic liquid known as white liquor flooded through the Nippon Dynawave pulp mill in Longview after a storage tank imploded. Eleven people were killed. As the investigations continue, KUOW's environment reporter... more

Ocean observatories go dark off Pacific Northwest coast ^48%

KUOW - By John Ryan - 6/3/2026, 11:06 PM

Appeal to Emotion 32.1% - Negativity Bias 29.9% - Loss Aversion 20.2%

The Trump administration has quietly removed an array of floating ocean observatories from waters off the Washington coast, KUOW has learned. Their removal is part of a national dismantling of a network of sophisticated data buoys in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The National Science Foundation, an independent federal agency created... more

West Coast’s first yellow-legged hornet intercepted in Vancouver, Washington ^9.3%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 5/8/2026, 11:51 PM

Appeal to Authority 13.6% - Appeal to Emotion 13.6% - Availability Heuristic 11.3%

Agriculture officials are asking people in the Vancouver, Washington, area to report any sightings of a yellow-legged hornet, an invasive species native to Southeast Asia. An agriculture inspector found a live yellow-legged hornet at the Port of Vancouver on April 30 while inspecting the cargo ship Mission Revival, which had sailed from... more

Washington tribe seeks control of Dungeness Spit refuge ^55.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 5/7/2026, 11:45 PM

Appeal to Authority 20.2% - Negativity Bias 14.2% - Appeal to Emotion 11.9%

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to take control of two wildlife refuges on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula back from the federal government. The tribe is pushing for federal legislation to take over the Dungeness and Protection Island national wildlife refuges. The Dungeness refuge encompasses the five-mile-long Dungeness Spit,... more

Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it ^1.6%

NPR - By John Ryan - 5/3/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 17.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 7% - Optimism Bias 6.8%

Scott Boyd walks through deep mud where the Stillaguamish River empties into Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. This flood-prone river mouth north of Seattle changed dramatically in October when the Stillaguamish Tribe removed two miles of earthen levee. The ridge of dirt kept the river and the tides from spreading onto nearby... more

Emergency repairs sought for damaged Stanwood levee north of Seattle ^76.5%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 5/2/2026, 3:02 PM

Negativity Bias 17.5% - Pessimism Bias 13.8% - Appeal to Emotion 10.8%

City and tribal officials are seeking emergency permission to fix a crumbling levee near the coastal city of Stanwood, Washington, before disaster strikes. The century-old earthen structure protects the city and 1,800 acres of nearby farmland from the waters of Skagit Bay. Waves and wind gouged the outer side of a half-mile stretch of... more

Forest Service axes research stations as severe fire season threatens Pacific Northwest ^47.1%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 4/10/2026, 1:03 AM

Appeal to Authority 21.7% - Negativity Bias 21.7% - Anecdotal 13%

The U.S. Forest Service is shutting down research stations around the country, including centers in Portland, Seattle, and Wenatchee, Washington. Though much of the stations’ research is long-term, some fire experts say the cuts could hamper firefighting efforts as soon as this summer. The closures are part of an agencywide restructuring... more

Mystery orcas return to Seattle area ^0.6%

KUOW Public Radio - By John Ryan - 3/28/2026, 12:09 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 41% - Appeal to Authority 24.2% - Biased Writer Voice 15.6%

The mystery orcas are back in town. A trio of unidentified orcas, never observed in the Pacific Northwest before, showed up in early March, first in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, then in the busy ports of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia. Where they hail from is still unknown, though researchers determined these mammal-eating, transient orcas... more

Author: John Ryan

Top reasoning patterns

Analyzed articles

Five years after the dome: Washington remains vulnerable to extreme heat 16.4%

Trump administration halts dismantling of ocean-monitoring system 11.5%

Washington paper mills mum about chemical safety after Longview disaster 14.5%

Ocean observatories go dark off Pacific Northwest coast 48%

West Coast’s first yellow-legged hornet intercepted in Vancouver, Washington 9.3%

Washington tribe seeks control of Dungeness Spit refuge 55.5%

Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it 1.6%

Emergency repairs sought for damaged Stanwood levee north of Seattle 76.5%

Forest Service axes research stations as severe fire season threatens Pacific Northwest 47.1%

Mystery orcas return to Seattle area 0.6%