Al Jazeera59%
Iran war live: Israel’s expanding invasion of Lebanon draws global alarm 70%
By Stephen Quillen0% Edna Mohamed0% Alex Milan Durie69%
5/31/2026, 5:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Recency Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 54.9% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 281 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 62.7% and a BS Rank of 70% (6,676 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 69.50% of the article peer group.
Israel’s expanding invasion of Lebanon draws global condemnation, with France requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
US President Donald Trump says he is close to a “very good deal” with Iran, with US media reporting that he is pushing for tougher terms.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the exchange of messages with the US is ongoing, but that nothing is certain until a deal is finalised.
Iran has restored gas production at three offshore platforms in the South Pars gasfield after Israel attacked the facility in March.
Confirmation Bias
25.5%Confirmation Bias
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25.5%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
20.6%Availability Heuristic
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20.6%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
54.9%Framing Effect
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54.9%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
24.5%Pessimism Bias
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24.5%AuthorStephen Quillen
5.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
53.9%Negativity Bias
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53.9%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
25.5%Recency Bias
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25.5%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
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
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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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)
20.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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20.6%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)
24.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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24.5%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
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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
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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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
25.5%Biased Writer Voice
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25.5%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
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorStephen Quillen
4.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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102 words analyzed.
Analysis
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