Author: Owen Scott
Owen Scott
has 9.1% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 20.
Words analyzed: 38,631.
Analyzed articles
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 6/26/2026, 11:51 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 23.4% - Appeal to Authority 22.4% - Unattributed Quote 14.2%
The number of flu cases at an Air Force base in Texas has soared to nearly 300, following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s axing of a flu vaccine mandate in April. The Air Force has confirmed that at least 275 flu cases have been recorded at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, according to a social media post by Representative Joaquin... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 6/16/2026, 10:34 AM
Appeal to Emotion 29.5% - Primacy Effect 23.2% - Negativity Bias 22%
The Trump administration has hit out at former President Obama after the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water turned green, despite a much-touted $14 million renovation. Work on the pool was completed last week, after President Donald Trump vowed to paint the space an “American flag blue.” However, the familiar green algae often... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 6/10/2026, 11:17 AM
Appeal to Authority 24.8% - Unattributed Quote 17.7% - Indoctrination 15.5%
A California couple fought off a bear using just a hatchet and a water bottle, according to authorities. On Monday, a woman in Mammoth Lakes, a town in the Sierra Nevada mountains, said that she went outside to investigate after hearing one of her dogs barking. Upon leaving her home, she saw a 17-month-old black bear fighting with one of... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/28/2026, 10:14 AM
Negativity Bias 29.5% - Appeal to Emotion 17.9% - Availability Heuristic 17.7%
The White House has been mocked online after it posted a lengthy tribute to Harambe, a gorilla fatally shot at the Cincinnati Zoo 10 years ago during an attempt to save a three-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla habitat. Harambe became a viral internet meme after he was killed by a zoo worker on May 28, 2016. The boy apparently... more
The Independent
- By Alanna Durkin Richer, Owen Scott
- 5/27/2026, 11:19 AM
Negativity Bias 25.5% - Framing Effect 12.8% - In-Group Bias 12.2%
President Trump has branded his predecessor, Joe Biden, as a “crooked politician” after the latter initiated legal action against the Justice Department. Biden is seeking to prevent the release of audio recordings and transcripts from interviews he conducted with a ghostwriter. These materials were originally obtained by the special... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/25/2026, 9:36 AM
Unattributed Quote 20.5% - Appeal to Authority 11.2% - Availability Heuristic 10.8%
Donald Trump Jr. tied the knot in an intimate ceremony over the weekend, but his father was not among the guests. Trump Jr. officially married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson on Thursday at the home of Anderson’s twin sister, Kristina, in West Palm Beach, according to a Florida marriage license obtained. But the wedding ceremony... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/22/2026, 10:33 AM
Negativity Bias 41.9% - Framing Effect 27.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.1%
Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene says that she fears President Trump will try to use war to cancel the 2028 presidential election. Greene, who infamously broke with the president after calling for the release of the Epstein files, referenced a meeting in which Trump alluded to canceling elections. “I’m concerned,” Greene... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/19/2026, 9:21 AM
Appeal to Authority 25.6% - Negativity Bias 16.3% - Availability Heuristic 13.7%
President Trump has said that he is “concerned” about an Ebola outbreak in Africa after an American tested positive for the deadly disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday the patient had tested positive while in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A CDC official told reporters that the American developed... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/12/2026, 11:37 AM
Unattributed Quote 27.9% - Framing Effect 15.5% - Appeal to Emotion 10.9%
A manhunt has been launched for an “armed and dangerous” suspect after a University of Washington student was found fatally stabbed in a laundry room. UW police officers raced to a student housing block at 10.10 p.m. on Sunday night, where they discovered the body. Police told NBC News the victim is “believed to be a 19-year-old... more
The Independent
- By Owen Scott
- 5/7/2026, 12:11 PM
Availability Heuristic 11.5% - Negativity Bias 9.1% - Framing Effect 8.7%
A bank employee in the U.S. hung up on Pope Leo XIV, because she believed it was a prank call. The American-born pope was trying to change his on-file address and phone number with his Chicago bank, two months into his papacy. Recalling the event on Wednesday’s episode of CNN’s OutFront, the pope’s brother John Prevost said Leo... more