Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Saudi seek to de-escalate 0%
By Caolán Magee44% Virginia Pietromarchi0%
3/29/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 85.1% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 592 faulty-reasoning hits from 154 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war.
Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia meet in Islamabad, looking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran.
Iran threatens retaliatory attacks on Israeli and US universities in the Middle East as powerful explosions hit Tehran and deaths are reported in Shaft and Bandar Khamir.
Yemen’s Houthi have launched a second missile and drone assault on Israel, saying they will continue until Israel “ceases its attacks and aggression”.
Protesters rally against the war on Iran in Tel Aviv and cities across the US, as people in Lebanon take to the streets of Beirut over Israel’s killing of three journalists in a targeted strike.
Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region.
Confirmation Bias
16.9%Confirmation Bias
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16.9%AuthorCaolán Magee
3.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
40.3%Availability Heuristic
OverallThis article
40.3%AuthorCaolán Magee
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
42.2%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
42.2%AuthorCaolán Magee
8.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
2.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
85.1%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
85.1%AuthorCaolán Magee
10%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
16.9%Actor-Observer Bias
OverallThis article
16.9%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
14.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
OverallThis article
14.9%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
14.9%False Dilemma
OverallThis article
14.9%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
3.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
13%Red Herring
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13%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
22.7%Appeal to Emotion
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22.7%AuthorCaolán Magee
2.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
17.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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17.5%AuthorCaolán Magee
3.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
16.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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16.9%AuthorCaolán Magee
3.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
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Unattributed Quote
31.8%Unattributed Quote
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31.8%AuthorCaolán Magee
4.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
34.4%Biased Writer Voice
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34.4%AuthorCaolán Magee
3.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
8.4%Indoctrination
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8.4%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorCaolán Magee
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
8.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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8.4%AuthorCaolán Magee
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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154 words analyzed.
Analysis
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