Al Jazeera56%
Iran war live: US launches new attacks; Houthis attack 2 Saudi oil tankers 100%
By Lyndal Rowlands86% Zaid Sabah87% Adam Hancock97%
7/23/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Loss Aversion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 60.8% saturation with 79 hits. Analysis detected 605 faulty-reasoning hits from 130 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (50 of 20,315 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.80% of the article peer group.
The US bombs Iran for the 12th consecutive night as Iranian media report explosions in the cities of Bushehr, Ahvaz and Sirik.
Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, says Tehran’s defence doctrine is an “eye for an eye”, after US President Donald Trump warned that American forces would bomb an Iranian bridge or power plant every time Iranian forces hit a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Yemen’s Houthi group says it has carried out missile and drone strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, after declaring a maritime embargo on the kingdom.
The US and Saudi Arabia reach a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement that could let Riyadh develop civilian uranium enrichment capabilities.
Confirmation Bias
22.3%Confirmation Bias
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22.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
16.9%Availability Heuristic
OverallThis article
16.9%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.6%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
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
60.8%Framing Effect
OverallThis article
60.8%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
23.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
35.4%Loss Aversion
OverallThis article
35.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
15.4%Status Quo Bias
OverallThis article
15.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
49.2%Negativity Bias
OverallThis article
49.2%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
24.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.7%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
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
26.9%Recency Bias
OverallThis article
26.9%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
OverallThis article
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
15.4%Appeal to Authority
OverallThis article
15.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
7.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
35.4%False Dilemma
OverallThis article
35.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
OverallThis article
0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.7%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
1.3%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
35.4%Appeal to Emotion
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35.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
9.6%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)
39.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
OverallThis article
39.2%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.9%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
0.3%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)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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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
35.4%Unattributed Quote
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35.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
13.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
35.4%Quote-first Misdirection
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35.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
26.9%Biased Writer Voice
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26.9%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
10%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
15.4%Indoctrination
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15.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.2%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%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
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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130 words analyzed.
Analysis
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