NBC News35%
U.S. military intentionally allowing some Iranian projectiles through defenses 74%
By NBCNews.com21%
7/24/2026, 3:52:24 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, and False Dilemma, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 90.4% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 255 faulty-reasoning hits from 52 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66% and a BS Rank of 74% (5,744 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.80% of the article peer group.
Two senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that military commanders are allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones to get through air defenses amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s shrinking supply of missiles to shoot them down.
NBC News’ Courtney Kube reports.
Confirmation Bias
73.1%Confirmation Bias
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73.1%AuthorNBCNews.com
2.7%PublicationNBC News
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0.2%PublicationNBC News
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Availability Heuristic
73.1%Availability Heuristic
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73.1%AuthorNBCNews.com
2%PublicationNBC News
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorNBCNews.com
1.3%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
90.4%Framing Effect
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90.4%AuthorNBCNews.com
6.2%PublicationNBC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0.5%PublicationNBC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorNBCNews.com
0.1%PublicationNBC News
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Negativity Bias
17.3%Negativity Bias
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17.3%AuthorNBCNews.com
5.8%PublicationNBC News
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorNBCNews.com
1.4%PublicationNBC News
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0.2%PublicationNBC News
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorNBCNews.com
2.7%PublicationNBC News
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0.2%PublicationNBC News
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0.3%PublicationNBC News
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0.3%PublicationNBC News
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorNBCNews.com
1%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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1%PublicationNBC News
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False Dilemma
73.1%False Dilemma
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73.1%AuthorNBCNews.com
0.3%PublicationNBC News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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1.3%PublicationNBC News
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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2.6%PublicationNBC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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1.6%PublicationNBC News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0.3%PublicationNBC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0.7%PublicationNBC News
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
73.1%Burden of Proof
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0.9%PublicationNBC News
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
17.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0.6%PublicationNBC News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
73.1%Unattributed Quote
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73.1%AuthorNBCNews.com
1.2%PublicationNBC News
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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52 words analyzed.
Analysis
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