Al Jazeera56%
LIVE: Threat of war ‘still looms large’ as US, Iran inch towards deal 84%
By Urooba Jamal0% Priyanka Shankar24%
5/24/2026, 5:35:02 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 46.5% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 403 faulty-reasoning hits from 142 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 77% and a BS Rank of 84% (2,710 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 83.90% of the article peer group.
President Donald Trump says on social media that “an agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization” between the US, Iran and regional powers, adding that the deal, which includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, will be announced shortly.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the next round of talks between the US and Iran will happen “very soon”.
This comes after Pakistan held “highly productive talks” with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Saturday.
The threat of renewed war with Iran “still looms large”, according to Al Jazeera’s team in Washington, DC, as “the US president still leaves open the opportunity to launch military strikes”.
Israel continues to launch air raids on southern Lebanon; at least 3,123 people have been killed since March 2, despite a ceasefire.
Confirmation Bias
10.6%Confirmation Bias
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10.6%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
21.8%Availability Heuristic
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21.8%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
9.2%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
9.2%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
43%Optimism Bias
OverallThis article
43%AuthorUrooba Jamal
4.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
31%Pessimism Bias
OverallThis article
31%AuthorUrooba Jamal
3.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
46.5%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
46.5%AuthorUrooba Jamal
14%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%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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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%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
0%Ad Hominem
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0%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
21.8%Hasty Generalization
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21.8%AuthorUrooba Jamal
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
15.5%Appeal to Emotion
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15.5%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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
10.6%Anecdotal
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10.6%AuthorUrooba Jamal
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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
14.1%Unattributed Quote
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14.1%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
28.9%Quote-first Misdirection
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28.9%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
31%Biased Writer Voice
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31%AuthorUrooba Jamal
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%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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0%AuthorUrooba Jamal
0%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%AuthorUrooba Jamal
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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142 words analyzed.
Analysis
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