Publication: KUOW
KUOW
has 19.7% among publications.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 408.
Words analyzed: 1,043,538.
Analyzed articles
KUOW
- By Cornelius Hocker
- 7/3/2026, 12:08 AM
Indoctrination 46.8% - Appeal to Authority 13.7% - Anecdotal 12.5%
An Oak Harbor city official said Wednesday’s late night 3.8 magnitude earthquake is a good reminder to review emergency plans and make sure you have basic preparedness supplies. “There’s so much information out there [about earthquakes] our public needs to know,” said Magi Aguilar, communications officer with the City of Oak Harbor.... more
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- By Paige Browning, Andy Hurst
- 7/3/2026, 12:06 AM
Negativity Bias 24% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 13.5% - Appeal to Emotion 10.4%
Millionaires tax will likely see ballot challenge, WA's Attorney General launches investigation into paper mill disaster, and Team USA is returning to Seattle. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep... more
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- By Libby Denkmann, Maleeha Syed
- 7/2/2026, 11:04 PM
Framing Effect 27.5% - Negativity Bias 20.3% - Biased Writer Voice 15.9%
Last summer, hundreds of people protested outside of an ICE facility in Spokane. They were trying to stop agents from taking two asylum seekers to an ICE detention center in Tacoma. As the day wore on and the protest grew in size, law enforcement ordered demonstrators to disperse… and then deployed pepper balls and smoke grenades on the... more
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- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 7/2/2026, 10:24 PM
Negativity Bias 16.2% - Framing Effect 14.4% - Appeal to Emotion 14.4%
An effort to repeal Washington state’s first income tax on high earners took a major step forward on Thursday. Brian Heywood, a wealthy hedge fund founder, and his conservative political action group, Let’s Go Washington, rallied outside the secretary of state’s office, unloading cardboard boxes full of signatures supporting the repeal.... more
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- By Joshua McNichols
- 7/2/2026, 6:54 PM
Hasty Generalization 13.5% - Optimism Bias 12.2% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 7.6%
Washington wants drivers to go electric. A garage startup in north Seattle is betting the cheapest path runs through the cars people already own. Washington is one of 17 states trying to break up with gasoline. Officials want every new car sold here to be electric by 2035. But so far, drivers are in no rush. Nationally, only one in 10... more
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- By Noel Gasca
- 7/1/2026, 11:20 PM
Negativity Bias 21.5% - Appeal to Authority 13.4% - Loss Aversion 12.4%
If you're among the more than 800,000 Washingtonians estimated to be living with student loan debt, you may be subject to new repayment policies that went active on July 1. And those changes could mean you'll have to start paying more. The Saving on a Valuable Education Plan — better known as SAVE — was launched by the Biden... more
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- By Monica Nickelsburg, Stephen Howie
- 7/1/2026, 11:05 PM
Framing Effect 32.9% - Negativity Bias 27.8% - Appeal to Emotion 18.6%
Amazon's latest sustainability report shows that carbon emissions from the online retail giant jumped by 16% in 2025, driven in large part by its multi-billion dollar data center buildout. Amazon has pledged to have net zero emissions by 2040, but the data center requirements of artificial intelligence have raised questions about the... more
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- By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard
- 7/1/2026, 10:52 PM
Unattributed Quote 10.6% - Representativeness Heuristic 10.2% - Appeal to Emotion 8.9%
Gov. Bob Ferguson received a 7% raise on Wednesday. Combined with a similar-sized pay bump a year ago, his annual salary is $234,275, roughly $30,000 more than when he took the oath as Washington’s 24th governor in January 2025. It’s not his doing. The Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, a panel established... more
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- By Sarah Mizes-Tan
- 6/30/2026, 10:21 PM
Negativity Bias 21.3% - Appeal to Authority 18.3% - Appeal to Emotion 13.6%
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws banning transgender girls from playing on school sports teams with girls and women. The ruling would not immediately impact Washington state, which has legal protections for trans athletes on the books. But the issue will make its way to the ballot this fall, when Washington voters will... more
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- By Teo Popescu
- 6/29/2026, 11:21 PM
Appeal to Authority 12.1% - Framing Effect 11.3% - Unattributed Quote 10.5%
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld grace periods for mail-in ballots, allowing late-arriving ballots to be counted if postmarked on or before Election Day. That means there will be no changes to Washington state’s current mail-in ballot system — for now. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law that allows... more