Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Three ships pass through Hormuz strait amid US, Iran blocks 0%
By Urooba Jamal0% Usaid Siddiqui0%
4/14/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Quote-first Misdirection, Unattributed Quote, and Fundamental Attribution Error, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40% saturation with 74 hits. Analysis detected 418 faulty-reasoning hits from 185 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 war live: Three ships pass through Hormuz strait amid US, Iran blocks
Iran accuses the US of committing piracy as thousands rally in Tehran against the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem rejects upcoming talks between the Lebanese government and Israel, which are set for 11am in Washington, DC (15:00 GMT).
• The US blockade of Iran’s ports is in effect, but US President Donald Trump says Iranian officials have called and “want to work a deal”.
• Diplomatic efforts to revive US-Iran talks continue, with Pakistan reportedly offering to host the next round of talks in Islamabad.
• Iran accuses the US of committing piracy as thousands of Iranians rally in Tehran against the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, saying the pontiff’s opposition to the war in Iran was “wrong” and accusing him of being “weak on crime”.
• Visual our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
12.4%Availability Heuristic
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12.4%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
14.1%Framing Effect
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14.1%AuthorUrooba Jamal
13.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
11.4%Optimism Bias
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11.4%AuthorUrooba Jamal
4.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
3.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
40%Negativity Bias
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40%AuthorUrooba Jamal
14%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
14.1%Self-Serving Bias
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14.1%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
16.8%Fundamental Attribution Error
OverallThis article
16.8%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
7.6%Recency Bias
OverallThis article
7.6%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
13%Primacy Effect
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13%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
16.8%Ad Hominem
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16.8%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
23.2%Unattributed Quote
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23.2%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
30.8%Quote-first Misdirection
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30.8%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
10.8%Biased Writer Voice
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10.8%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
7.6%Indoctrination
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7.6%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
7.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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7.6%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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185 words analyzed.
Analysis
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