The Japan Times66%
Trump says he paused attack on Iran as negotiations continue 79%
By Steve Holland0% Parisa Hafezi0% Ariba Shahid0%
5/18/2026, 10:03:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 51.5% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 463 faulty-reasoning hits from 136 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71.5% and a BS Rank of 79% (3,592 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.60% of the article peer group.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/KARACHI – U.S.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had paused a planned attack against Iran to allow for negotiations to take place on a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war, after Iran sent a new peace proposal to Washington.
Trump said he had instructed the U.S. military that “we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”
No such attack had previously been announced, and it was unclear whether preparations had been made for strikes that would mark a renewal of the war Trump started in late February.
Confirmation Bias
28.7%Confirmation Bias
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28.7%AuthorSteve Holland
1.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
1.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
22.8%Availability Heuristic
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22.8%AuthorSteve Holland
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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Framing Effect
46.3%Framing Effect
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46.3%AuthorSteve Holland
20.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
2.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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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%AuthorSteve Holland
8.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Pessimism Bias
22.8%Pessimism Bias
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22.8%AuthorSteve Holland
5.9%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Negativity Bias
39%Negativity Bias
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39%AuthorSteve Holland
15.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
3.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
1.7%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
4.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
7.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
28.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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28.7%AuthorSteve Holland
10.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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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%AuthorSteve Holland
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
22.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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22.8%AuthorSteve Holland
4.4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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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
39%Unattributed Quote
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39%AuthorSteve Holland
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Quote-first Misdirection
39%Quote-first Misdirection
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39%AuthorSteve Holland
3.2%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Biased Writer Voice
51.5%Biased Writer Voice
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51.5%AuthorSteve Holland
7.8%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorSteve Holland
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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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136 words analyzed.
Analysis
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