The Scale of the War in the Middle East in Five Maps 74%
By Martín González Gómez0%
4/5/2026, 9:01:26 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Composition/Division, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 78.3% saturation with 137 hits. Analysis detected 497 faulty-reasoning hits from 175 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.9% and a BS Rank of 74% (4,422 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.70% of the article peer group.
The geographic scale
To show the extent of the war that the United States and Israel started with Iran, the maps in this article overlay the region onto different parts of the world.
Extent of the attacks
The strikes carried out by both sides in the war have stretched across a vast area of more than four million square miles, as seen in this map overlaid onto **Europe**.
In comparison with Ukraine
Russia has been trying to control parts of **Ukraine** for more than a decade.
Iran is nearly three times the size of Ukraine and has more than double its population.
Strait of Hormuz
Iran attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply moves.
This map overlays the strait over the **New York City** area.
Lebanon, the other front
Israel’s army has demanded evacuations in areas of southern Lebanon and Beirut, which are comparable in size to New York City.
Confirmation Bias
17.1%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
9.1%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
9.1%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
8.6%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
78.3%Framing Effect
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78.3%AuthorMartín González Gómez
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
49.7%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
12.6%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
17.1%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
17.1%Burden of Proof
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4.3%PublicationThe New York Times
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
21.1%Composition/Division
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21.1%AuthorMartín González Gómez
5.3%PublicationThe New York Times
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
24.6%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
17.1%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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175 words analyzed.
Analysis
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