Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Trump says Tehran wants end to blockade; Israel kills medics 86%
By Stephen Quillen0% Umut Uras0%
4/29/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Overconfidence Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 44.6% saturation with 54 hits. Analysis detected 297 faulty-reasoning hits from 121 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 79.3% and a BS Rank of 86% (2,401 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 85.70% of the article peer group.
US President Donald Trump says Iran is in a “state of collapse” and has asked Washington to lift its blockade on Iranian ports “as soon as possible”.
The UAE has announced it is leaving OPEC on Friday, ending nearly 60 years of membership in the oil-producing cartel.
Gulf leaders have met in Saudi Arabia and say Iran must take “the initiative to make serious efforts to rebuild confidence” after “treacherous” attacks on the region.
Israel has killed three emergency workers in southern Lebanon, in an attack Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun described as a “war crime”.
Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
1.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
22.3%Overconfidence Bias
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22.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
44.6%Framing Effect
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44.6%AuthorStephen Quillen
26%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
6.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
10.7%Negativity Bias
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10.7%AuthorStephen Quillen
34.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
22.3%Fundamental Attribution Error
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22.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
22.3%In-Group Bias
OverallThis article
22.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Appeal to Authority
39.7%Appeal to Authority
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39.7%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Hasty Generalization
22.3%Hasty Generalization
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22.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
2.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Appeal to Emotion
39.7%Appeal to Emotion
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39.7%AuthorStephen Quillen
14.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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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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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
7.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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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%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
10.7%Biased Writer Voice
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10.7%AuthorStephen Quillen
14.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
2.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
10.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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10.7%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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121 words analyzed.
Analysis
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