Al Jazeera76%
Iran war live: Tehran warns of ‘decisive’ response to any US ‘aggression’ 87%
By Daniel Khalili-Tari67% Enes Abuomer68%
8/1/2026, 5:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Pessimism Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 130 hits. Analysis detected 464 faulty-reasoning hits from 130 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75% and a BS Rank of 87% (3,356 of 25,252 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 86.70% of the article peer group.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns that any “aggression” by the US and Israel will be met with a “decisive and proportionate response” in separate phone calls with the foreign ministers of Turkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
US embassies across the Middle East have warned their citizens to be prepared for “unforeseen escalation” a day after President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iran “very hard”.
Trump says in a Truth Social post that Iran is experiencing “massive inflation” and that he is “destroying the Iranian currency”.
Israeli forces have killed at least nine Palestinians across the Gaza Strip and destroyed a medical warehouse in Deir el-Balah, leaving a crater 20 metres (66ft) wide and 10 metres (33ft) deep.
Confirmation Bias
16.2%Confirmation Bias
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16.2%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Availability Heuristic
21.5%Availability Heuristic
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21.5%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Framing Effect
9.2%Framing Effect
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9.2%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
9.1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.9%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Pessimism Bias
53.1%Pessimism Bias
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53.1%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Negativity Bias
100%Negativity Bias
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100%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
14.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.6%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Recency Bias
21.5%Recency Bias
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21.5%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.7%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
6.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
21.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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21.5%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
6.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
16.2%Anecdotal
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16.2%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.4%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
28.5%Unattributed Quote
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28.5%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3.3%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Quote-first Misdirection
16.2%Quote-first Misdirection
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16.2%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
1.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Biased Writer Voice
53.1%Biased Writer Voice
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53.1%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
3.2%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
2.5%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
0.8%PublicationAl Jazeera
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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0%AuthorDaniel Khalili-Tari
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130 words analyzed.
Analysis
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