Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: Tehran, Trump yet to comment on 60-day truce extension plan 79%
By Lyndal Rowlands88% Zaid Sabah91% Adam Hancock0%
5/29/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 85.7% saturation with 78 hits. Analysis detected 386 faulty-reasoning hits from 91 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71.4% and a BS Rank of 79% (3,609 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.50% of the article peer group.
White House sources confirmed that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the ceasefire for 60 days to allow for formal negotiations, but US President Donald Trump has yet to give his approval.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, citing a source close to the negotiating team, said the text of the MoU had not yet been finalised or confirmed, and the public would be notified once that occurred.
Confirmation Bias
47.3%Confirmation Bias
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47.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
47.3%Anchoring Bias
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47.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
14.3%Framing Effect
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14.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
22.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
52.7%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
52.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
23.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
38.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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38.5%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
7.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
9.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
38.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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38.5%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Unattributed Quote
85.7%Unattributed Quote
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85.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
13.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
47.3%Quote-first Misdirection
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47.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
52.7%Biased Writer Voice
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52.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
9.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.1%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%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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91 words analyzed.
Analysis
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