New York Post89%
Three vessels hit by Iranian fire in Strait of Hormuz hours after Trump extends cease-fire 100%
By Samuel Chamberlain0%
4/22/2026, 6:26:31 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Availability Heuristic, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 75.9% saturation with 110 hits. Analysis detected 586 faulty-reasoning hits from 145 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (1 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.
Three container ships were hit by Iranian gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, hours after President Trump announced he was indefinitely extending a cease-fire with the Islamic Republic.
Iranian state TV also reported that two of the vessels had been seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), while semiofficial news agencies reported the third vessel was “stranded” on the Iranian coast.
The captured ships were identified as the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and the Epaminodes.
The third vessel was identified as the Euphoria.
Confirmation from non-Iranian sources that the ships had been seized was not immediately available.
The IRGC said in a statement the ships “allegedly operated without authorization, repeatedly violated regulations, manipulated navigational aid systems and sought to covertly exit the Strait of Hormuz, endangering maritime security.”
Confirmation Bias
20.7%Confirmation Bias
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20.7%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
3.8%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.5%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Availability Heuristic
33.8%Availability Heuristic
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33.8%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.9%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Representativeness Heuristic
9%Representativeness Heuristic
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9%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Hindsight Bias
9.7%Hindsight Bias
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9.7%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
9.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Framing Effect
75.9%Framing Effect
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75.9%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
7.7%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
6.1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.9%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Negativity Bias
21.4%Negativity Bias
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21.4%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
7.1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
3.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.5%PublicationCalifornia Post
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.5%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Primacy Effect
15.9%Primacy Effect
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15.9%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
2.9%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Appeal to Authority
44.8%Appeal to Authority
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44.8%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
2.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
3.1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
3.9%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
10.1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.9%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
31%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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31%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
4%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.5%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.7%PublicationCalifornia Post
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
23.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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23.4%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.7%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.1%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
42.1%Unattributed Quote
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42.1%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Quote-first Misdirection
21.4%Quote-first Misdirection
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21.4%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
2.5%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Biased Writer Voice
33.8%Biased Writer Voice
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33.8%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
6%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Indoctrination
21.4%Indoctrination
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21.4%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
1.3%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
2.4%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorSamuel Chamberlain
0.2%PublicationCalifornia Post
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145 words analyzed.
Analysis
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