NBC News37%
Iranian bridges severely damaged after sixth night of U.S. strikes 80%
By NBCNews.com23%
7/17/2026, 7:53:48 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Confirmation Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 58.2% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 164 faulty-reasoning hits from 55 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 72.1% and a BS Rank of 80% (3,547 of 17,102 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 79.30% of the article peer group.
Bridges were severely damaged in Iran after the U.S. military said it completed its sixth consecutive night of strikes against the country.
CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X that it targeted “coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities.”
Confirmation Bias
40%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
18.2%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
18.2%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
40%Recency Bias
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1%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
41.8%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
40%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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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)
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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
41.8%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
58.2%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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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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55 words analyzed.
Analysis
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