Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: US launches new strikes; Trump mourns killed soldiers 100%
By Heba Habib88% Enes Abuomer37% Alex Milan Durie70%
7/19/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and In-Group Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 44.6% saturation with 50 hits. Analysis detected 222 faulty-reasoning hits from 112 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (46 of 18,100 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.80% of the article peer group.
The US launches new strikes on Iran after two American soldiers were killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan.
US President Donald Trump says the deaths were “a very sad thing”, adding that “we’re never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Trump’s signature is “worthless and invalid” and accuses the US of repeatedly breaching the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last month.
Kuwait’s state-owned oil company says one of its main facilities has been hit in an Iranian strike as Iraqi media report that the US consulate in Erbil activated air defences amid drone attacks.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
29.5%Availability Heuristic
OverallThis article
29.5%AuthorHeba Habib
3.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
9.8%Framing Effect
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9.8%AuthorHeba Habib
16.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
44.6%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
44.6%AuthorHeba Habib
22%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
24.1%In-Group Bias
OverallThis article
24.1%AuthorHeba Habib
1.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
6.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
24.1%Ad Hominem
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24.1%AuthorHeba Habib
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
7.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
20.5%Appeal to Emotion
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20.5%AuthorHeba Habib
10.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
16.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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16.1%AuthorHeba Habib
3.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
29.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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29.5%AuthorHeba Habib
3.4%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%AuthorHeba Habib
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
4.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
11.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
2.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.2%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%AuthorHeba Habib
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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112 words analyzed.
Analysis
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