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How the Strait of Hormuz shapes everything from the cost of groceries to the availability of airplane tickets 62%
By Sal Mercogliano0%
4/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 58.6% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 300 faulty-reasoning hits from 99 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 57.2% and a BS Rank of 62% (6,531 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 61.20% of the article peer group.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway that runs between Iran and Oman.
At its widest point it's about 100 km across and it's the only seaway to get anything, including oil, from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.
Sal Mercogliano, a former merchant mariner who teaches courses in maritime history and runs the YouTube channel What's Going On With Shipping, explains how this relatively tiny piece of geography came to have such an outsized influence in the world.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Anchoring Bias
27.3%Anchoring Bias
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27.3%AuthorSal Mercogliano
6.8%PublicationCBC
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Availability Heuristic
27.3%Availability Heuristic
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27.3%AuthorSal Mercogliano
11.4%PublicationCBC
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
58.6%Framing Effect
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58.6%AuthorSal Mercogliano
23.7%PublicationCBC
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
0%PublicationCBC
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Negativity Bias
18.2%Negativity Bias
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18.2%AuthorSal Mercogliano
4.5%PublicationCBC
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
0%PublicationCBC
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
0%PublicationCBC
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Halo Effect
40.4%Halo Effect
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40.4%AuthorSal Mercogliano
10.1%PublicationCBC
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Appeal to Authority
40.4%Appeal to Authority
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40.4%AuthorSal Mercogliano
20.2%PublicationCBC
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False Dilemma
27.3%False Dilemma
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27.3%AuthorSal Mercogliano
6.8%PublicationCBC
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
0%PublicationCBC
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
0%PublicationCBC
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Hasty Generalization
18.2%Hasty Generalization
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18.2%AuthorSal Mercogliano
15.9%PublicationCBC
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Biased Writer Voice
45.5%Biased Writer Voice
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45.5%AuthorSal Mercogliano
15.9%PublicationCBC
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorSal Mercogliano
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99 words analyzed.
Analysis
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