Author: Kowthar Shire
Kowthar Shire
has 11.9% among authors.
BS Score: 1.6%.
Articles analyzed: 11.
Words analyzed: 19,015.
Analyzed articles
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 5/25/2026, 9:00 AM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 15.5% - Biased Writer Voice 11.9% - Framing Effect 9.7%
Visit KCK will host nine free Spanish and English-language watch parties featuring countries with strong cultural ties to Kansas City, Kansas, including Mexico, Argentina and Austria. Memorial Hall in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, will host the watch parties across eight match days, with six broadcast in Spanish. The matches will be... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 5/22/2026, 8:00 AM
Red Herring 22.1% - Representativeness Heuristic 15.4% - Confirmation Bias 15%
The Kansas City Council will pay half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by Andrea Dorch, formerly one of the highest-ranking Black women at City Hall as the head of the Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity Department. She alleged that the city, and particularly former city manager Brian Platt, forced her out of that office... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 5/20/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 21.6% - Fundamental Attribution Error 21.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 21.6%
Missouri’s redrawn congressional map seems likely to be the one voters will see during the 2026 elections, after it was upheld in the Missouri Supreme Court. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is under pressure from local groups to put a referendum to reverse redistricting on the November ballot after they collected hundreds of thousands... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 5/18/2026, 8:15 PM
Negativity Bias 20.3% - Appeal to Emotion 13.4% - False Dilemma 6.9%
Missouri State Highway Trooper Charles “Nate” Bradley allegedly used his position as a trooper to help towing companies profit from towing and storing stolen vehicles, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced Monday. Bradley was hit with thirteen charges on April 30 after a year-long investigation, including ten counts of... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 5/15/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 34.8% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 26.1% - Confirmation Bias 24.6%
Kansas City continued to tweak bar hours for the World Cup on Thursday, allowing some bars to stay open almost around the clock — if they convince police they’ve got good security. The city council voted to let all bars stay open until 3 a.m. It also changed its rules so that bars in the Plaza, Westport, Downtown, Midtown and River... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Peggy Lowe, Kowthar Shire, Savannah Hawley-Bates
- 4/22/2026, 2:11 PM
Negativity Bias 12.3% - Biased Writer Voice 12.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 10.6%
The Kansas City Royals will team up with hometown company Hallmark Cards to build a new ballpark at Crown Center, with a promised $3 billion downtown campus of mixed-use development in the surrounding 85 acres. In an email sent to fans early Wednesday, Royals owner John Sherman announced a "transformative project" that will create... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 4/22/2026, 9:00 AM
Overconfidence Bias 28.7% - Appeal to Authority 17.9% - Optimism Bias 16.7%
Early Tuesday morning, more than 200 people took over the National WWI Museum and Memorial lawn to prepare for worst-case scenarios. The site will host Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Festival, which begins June 12. It’s also just outside Union Station, near where the 2024 mass shooting at the Chiefs victory parade happened – making security for... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 4/15/2026, 9:00 AM
Overconfidence Bias 19.4% - Appeal to Authority 9.1% - False Dilemma 7.9%
Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe held a press conference with officials, he signed an executive order that officially puts the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan into effect before the 2026 FIFA World Cup in June. The plan activates the deployment of Missouri National Guard troops to Kansas City and allows state agencies to... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 4/10/2026, 9:00 AM
Framing Effect 11.2% - Appeal to Emotion 10% - Fundamental Attribution Error 9.4%
A Kansas City ordinance that restricts the sale of small alcohol bottles narrowly passed through City Council on Thursday, one day after Missouri lawmakers made a move to block the ban. The ordinance targets the sale of single-serve alcohol bottles— such as “shooters” or "nips" of 200 milliliters or less — by convenience and liquor... more
KCUR
- By Kowthar Shire
- 4/1/2026, 9:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 24.9% - Availability Heuristic 24% - Indoctrination 12.8%
Forecasters predict the metro could see heavy rain with severe weather by the end of the week on the heels of an exceptionally warm stretch this month. Meteorologists say the weather roller coaster is the result of cold and hot fronts from the East and West Coasts, coming together over the Midwest. Kansas City reached 87 degrees Monday... more