Al Jazeera59%
Iran war live: Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’ as it seeks Iran talks 95%
By Lyndal Rowlands86% Zsombor Peter68%
7/25/2026, 12:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 59% saturation with 62 hits. Analysis detected 468 faulty-reasoning hits from 105 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91.1% and a BS Rank of 95% (1,228 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 94.40% of the article peer group.
US President Donald Trump says dialogue between Washington and Tehran continues, and that a threatened “massive” attack may be unnecessary, although the United States remains “locked and loaded”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran does not fear threats or succumb to pressure.
Iran’s military says it launched strikes targeting US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
The Israeli military launches “counterterrorism” operations and orders a curfew in the occupied West Bank after six people, including four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, were killed in violence southwest of Nablus on Friday.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
13.3%Representativeness Heuristic
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13.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.1%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
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
45.7%Framing Effect
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45.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
23.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
26.7%Optimism Bias
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26.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
59%Negativity Bias
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59%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
26.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
41%Self-Serving Bias
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41%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.3%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
14.3%In-Group Bias
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14.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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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
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
4.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.1%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
32.4%Appeal to Authority
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32.4%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
26.7%False Dilemma
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26.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
5.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.6%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
1.5%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
13.3%Appeal to Emotion
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13.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
10.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
14.3%Begging the Question
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14.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
2.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.6%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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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.7%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)
45.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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45.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
3.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
26.7%Unattributed Quote
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26.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
13.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
26.7%Quote-first Misdirection
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26.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
6.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
45.7%Biased Writer Voice
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45.7%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
10.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
14.3%Indoctrination
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14.3%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorLyndal Rowlands
1.5%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
1.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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105 words analyzed.
Analysis
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