Author: Sami West
Sami West
has 7% among authors.
BS Score: 1.4%.
Articles analyzed: 13.
Words analyzed: 39,467.
Analyzed articles
KUOW
- By Sami West, Amy Radil, Catharine Smith
- 6/24/2026, 11:12 PM
Hindsight Bias 9.2% - Negativity Bias 9.2% - Recency Bias 5.2%
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates suspects Jeffrey Epstein may have tried to blackmail him with information about his extramarital affairs. That’s according to a newly released transcript of closed-door testimony Gates gave to the House Oversight Committee on June 10, which sheds new light on the years Gates was in... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West
- 6/17/2026, 9:48 PM
Negativity Bias 39.2% - Framing Effect 19.8% - Appeal to Authority 12.4%
Parents of a second grader are suing a school district on Seattle’s Eastside, alleging officials failed to protect their 7-year-old from sexual abuse. The lawsuit accuses the Lake Washington School District of leaving the alleged victim, a student at Helen Keller Elementary in Kirkland, unsupervised with two students who had a known... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West, Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/11/2026, 5:07 PM
Appeal to Emotion 20.8% - Negativity Bias 16.1% - Framing Effect 12.6%
A high school wrestler is suing Washington state over its policy on transgender athletes, alleging that a trans athlete sexually assaulted her during a match. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Puyallup athlete claims she was unknowingly made to wrestle with a transgender student during a high school girls wrestling tournament in December... more
KUOW
- By Libby Denkmann, Gabrielle Healy, Sami West
- 6/9/2026, 11:05 PM
Hasty Generalization 17.7% - Negativity Bias 15.4% - Representativeness Heuristic 14.7%
The men’s FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday (pun intended), and Seattle is hosting six of those matches. It marks the first World Cup to be hosted in the United States since 1994. (Mexico and Canada are also hosting some games.) Who’s playing, who’s expected to do well, and could the U.S. team make it deep into the tournament this year?... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West
- 6/1/2026, 3:03 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 16.1% - Appeal to Authority 15.8% - Appeal to Emotion 13.6%
Bad news for Seattle birdwatchers: The Emerald City’s bird communities are in trouble. Average bird counts across Seattle dropped by 21% from 2005 to 2023, according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle. The nonprofit’s “Neighborhood Bird Project” volunteers have been studying birds for decades at eight Seattle sites, including... more
KUOW
- By Sami West
- 5/26/2026, 10:49 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.1% - Negativity Bias 12.8% - Hasty Generalization 10.7%
Unionized journalists from four Washington newspapers owned by McClatchy Media hit the picket line on Tuesday, striking in protest of alleged unfair labor practices. The one-day strike was organized by the Washington State News Guild, a union that represents 31 workers at The Tacoma News Tribune, Bellingham Herald, Olympian, and Tri-City... more
KUOW
- By Sami West
- 5/18/2026, 2:00 PM
Framing Effect 18.4% - Appeal to Emotion 8.9% - Anecdotal 6.4%
Summer is almost here — and for nature lovers, that also means camping season is right around the corner. But that might look a little different this year, as Washington’s Department of Natural Resources grapples with a state budget crunch and heavy winter flooding. The budget for the DNR’s recreation program was cut by over 20% in 2025... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West
- 5/15/2026, 2:08 AM
Recency Bias 14.8% - Framing Effect 14.5% - Availability Heuristic 12.1%
Seattle Public Schools has faced myriad controversies over the years — but it’s hard to top the fiery public outcry the district’s proposal to close over 20 schools provoked last academic year. District officials later scaled the number of schools targeted for closure down to four before ultimately abandoning closures entirely, once it... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West
- 5/13/2026, 9:57 PM
Negativity Bias 20.9% - False Dilemma 17.9% - Self-Serving Bias 16.6%
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a lawsuit against Providence Health & Services, accusing the health care system of repeatedly failing to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant and nursing employees as required by state law. In a news release announcing the lawsuit on Wednesday, Brown said his office has... more
KUOW Public Radio
- By Sami West
- 5/12/2026, 9:37 PM
Appeal to Authority 21.3% - Representativeness Heuristic 18.1% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 8.2%
Three King County residents may have been exposed to the hantavirus that has killed and sickened passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. One resident is currently quarantined with other Americans in Nebraska. Another two exposed King County residents have returned home and are isolating. Public Health — Seattle & King County... more