Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Chinese vessels allowed to sail Hormuz as Trump meets Xi 100%
By Stephen Quillen0%
5/14/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 75 hits. Analysis detected 393 faulty-reasoning hits from 75 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (41 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.80% of the article peer group.
Dozens of vessels including Chinese-owned have passed through the Strait of Hormuz under Iran’s “management protocols”, the Revolutionary Guard says, as Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discuss the crucial waterway.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi has denounced the US and Israel for “expansionism and warmongering” saying instability in the Middle East is a “lose-lose proposition for all sides – including the aggressors”.
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
41.3%Availability Heuristic
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41.3%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
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
58.7%Framing Effect
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58.7%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
41.3%Pessimism Bias
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41.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
100%Negativity Bias
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100%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
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
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
17.3%Recency Bias
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17.3%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
41.3%Appeal to Authority
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41.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
41.3%False Dilemma
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41.3%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
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%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
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%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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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
41.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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41.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
7.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
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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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Unattributed Quote
41.3%Unattributed Quote
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41.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
9.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
41.3%Quote-first Misdirection
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41.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
17.3%Biased Writer Voice
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17.3%AuthorStephen Quillen
14.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
41.3%Indoctrination
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41.3%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
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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75 words analyzed.
Analysis
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