KUOW
A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to the center. None of the stories it hosts is a confirmed repost.A local outlet rated high on credibility, with a lean close to center. None of its stories here are confirmed reposts.
- CREDIBILITY
- 79High
- LEAN
- 50Center
- ORIGINALITY
- 100%
- STORIES
- 12▲ 2 this week
- REPRINTED
- 0times
Credibility 11 stories · 95% range 77–81 · updated Oct 6, 2026Lean 11 stories · 95% range 46–54 · updated Oct 7, 2026Originality 12 hosted stories · updated Oct 6, 2026
KUOW at a glance
SCORECARD
Ticks mark the local news average; on the lean bar, its own lean.STORIES · 12 MONTHS
12Busiest month: May, 6 stories, 5 of them on Elections/Campaigns and 1 on Voting Rights.
Hatched: Nov–Feb, when ChamberLight collected few or no stories from any outlet, so a gap there is not the outlet’s.
LATEST ACTIVITY
- STORY2 new stories in the last 7 days · 1 on Elections/Campaigns
- BLINDSPOTSkipped: Thomas Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Pete Hegseth 81 outlets covered it
KUOW’s scores: credibility, lean and originality
CREDIBILITY
The combined AI rating of its own stories, 0 to 100, for the outlet’s transparency, standards, corrections and original reporting. 5 points above the local news average (74).
POLITICAL LEAN
Where its news stories sit from 0 (left) to 100 (right). Opinion pieces are left out, and its stories reposted on other sites count toward it.
ORIGINALITY
The share of stories it hosts that are not confirmed copies of another outlet’s article.
SCORE HISTORY · 12 MONTHSHISTORY · 12 MO
Dotted where ChamberLight collected few or no stories (Nov–Feb). The dashed line is the local news average (74). How score history works
Challenges to these scores
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What KUOW covers: topics and people
TOP TOPICS · SHARE OF ITS STORIESTOP TOPICS
TICK = ALL OUTLETSTICK = ALL- Elections/Campaigns58%+15 PTS against 43% of all outlets’ stories
- Budget/Spending8%+3 PTS against 6% of all outlets’ stories
- Congress/Members8%0 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Foreign Policy8%0 PTS against 8% of all outlets’ stories
- Healthcare8%+5 PTS against 3% of all outlets’ stories
- Voting Rights8%+4 PTS against 5% of all outlets’ stories
WHO THEY COVER · 17 STORY–PERSON PAIRS · 17 PAIRS
- 1John Cornyn (Republican)3 stories
- 2Ken Paxton (Republican)3 stories
- 3Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat)2 stories
- 4Adam Smith (Democrat)1 stories
- 5Ben McAdams (Democrat)1 stories
- 6Bill Cassidy (Republican)1 stories
- 7Ed Gallrein (Republican)1 stories
- 8Jim Clyburn (Democrat)1 stories
How KUOW framed shared stories, and what it skipped
WHAT IT SKIPPED · BLINDSPOTS
Stories that 8 or more news outlets covered in the last 30 days and KUOW did not.
KUOW’s owner, reprints and similar outlets
OWNERSHIP
WHO REPRINTS IT
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Compare KUOW with other outlets
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- KUOWTHIS SOURCE
- Texas Public Radio
- Mississippi Today
- NCPR
CREDIBILITY
LEAN (50 = CENTER)
ORIGINALITY
STORIES
ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS COVERAGE
TONE TOWARD GOP
TONE TOWARD DEMS
Best value in each row is highlighted. Tone is the share of stories positive toward a party minus the share negative, from −100 to +100. No story in the last 90 days was covered by all four.
- Mainly about Marie Gluesenkamp PerezCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Adam SmithCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Thomas H. Kean, Jr.CRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Suzan K. DelBeneCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Liban MohamedCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Marie Gluesenkamp PerezCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Jim ClyburnCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Ken PaxtonCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John CornynCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Thomas MassieCRED 75REPRINTS —
- Mainly about John CornynCRED 80REPRINTS —
- Mainly about Bill CassidyCRED 80REPRINTS —
