Al Jazeera59%
Iran war live: Tehran fires missiles at Israel after strikes on Tehran 83%
By Christine Maguire0% Elis Gjevori0%
6/7/2026, 5:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Confirmation Bias, with Burden of Proof as the most egregious example at 74.5% saturation with 35 hits. Analysis detected 219 faulty-reasoning hits from 47 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75% and a BS Rank of 83% (3,714 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 83.00% of the article peer group.
Israel’s military says Iran has launched a second wave of missiles towards its territory, with sirens sounding across the country.
The strikes follow Israeli attacks on Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan.
Confirmation Bias
42.6%Confirmation Bias
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42.6%AuthorChristine Maguire
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
31.9%Anchoring Bias
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31.9%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
42.6%Availability Heuristic
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42.6%AuthorChristine Maguire
5.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
4.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
25.5%Framing Effect
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25.5%AuthorChristine Maguire
11.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
1.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
4.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
31.9%Negativity Bias
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31.9%AuthorChristine Maguire
6.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
42.6%Appeal to Authority
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42.6%AuthorChristine Maguire
6.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
1.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
6.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
57.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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57.4%AuthorChristine Maguire
7.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
74.5%Burden of Proof
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74.5%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
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Unattributed Quote
74.5%Unattributed Quote
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74.5%AuthorChristine Maguire
7.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
42.6%Biased Writer Voice
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42.6%AuthorChristine Maguire
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorChristine Maguire
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%AuthorChristine Maguire
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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47 words analyzed.
Analysis
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