Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Trump urges Tehran to ‘give up’; Israel kills 9 in Lebanon 87%
By Stephen Quillen0% Elis Gjevori0%
4/30/2026, 12:00:20 AM
Topics: US Israel War On Iran
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 50.8% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 486 faulty-reasoning hits from 124 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 80.2% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,278 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 86.50% of the article peer group.
US President Donald Trump says Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports has been a success and urges Tehran to “just give up”.
At least nine people have been killed in Israeli air strikes across southern Lebanon today, the National News Agency is reporting.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismisses US’s economic pressure campaign as the Iranian military warns its restraint so far has been “intended to give diplomacy a chance”.
The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz has pushed global oil prices above $120 per barrel, with average petrol prices in the US hitting a four-year high.
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%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
16.9%Availability Heuristic
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16.9%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
50.8%Framing Effect
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50.8%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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
50%Negativity Bias
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50%AuthorStephen Quillen
34.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
16.9%Self-Serving Bias
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16.9%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%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
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
22.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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22.6%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
21.8%Recency Bias
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21.8%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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
16.9%False Dilemma
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16.9%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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
16.9%Hasty Generalization
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16.9%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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
11.3%Appeal to Emotion
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11.3%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)
21.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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21.8%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
22.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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22.6%AuthorStephen Quillen
7.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Unattributed Quote
16.9%Unattributed Quote
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16.9%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
11.3%Quote-first Misdirection
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11.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
33.9%Biased Writer Voice
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33.9%AuthorStephen Quillen
14.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
16.9%Indoctrination
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16.9%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
27.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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27.4%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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124 words analyzed.
Analysis
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