Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: US military carries out another wave of strikes on Iran 74%
By Heba Habib87% Enes Abuomer38%
7/20/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 49.1% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 375 faulty-reasoning hits from 114 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.7% and a BS Rank of 74% (4,976 of 18,586 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.20% of the article peer group.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has begun a new wave of air strikes against Iran tonight, for the ninth consecutive night, to continue degrading Iran’s military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
A US service member has died in northern Iraq after a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone, according to CENTCOM.
The US military says its forces redirected six commercial vessels and disabled another while enforcing a naval blockade on Iran.
The Iranian atomic agency says multiple projectiles hit the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear power plant site, according to local media.
Confirmation Bias
33.3%Confirmation Bias
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33.3%AuthorHeba Habib
3.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
37.7%Availability Heuristic
OverallThis article
37.7%AuthorHeba Habib
4.1%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
28.9%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
28.9%AuthorHeba Habib
16.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
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
3.5%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
49.1%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
49.1%AuthorHeba Habib
22.1%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
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
17.5%Actor-Observer Bias
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17.5%AuthorHeba Habib
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%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
6.2%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
11.4%Recency Bias
OverallThis article
11.4%AuthorHeba Habib
1.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
OverallThis article
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
0%Ad Hominem
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0%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
33.3%Appeal to Authority
OverallThis article
33.3%AuthorHeba Habib
7.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
OverallThis article
0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.8%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
1.6%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
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
10.1%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)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
3.4%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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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
16.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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16.7%AuthorHeba Habib
3.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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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0%AuthorHeba Habib
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Unattributed Quote
34.2%Unattributed Quote
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34.2%AuthorHeba Habib
4.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
33.3%Quote-first Misdirection
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33.3%AuthorHeba Habib
4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
33.3%Biased Writer Voice
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33.3%AuthorHeba Habib
11.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorHeba Habib
1.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
2.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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114 words analyzed.
Analysis
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