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Karen DeYoung has 82.7% among authors. BS Score: 6.9%. Articles analyzed: 7. Words analyzed: 2,006.
The Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - 6/26/2026, 9:10 PM
Framing Effect 100% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 100% - Confirmation Bias 74.5%
U.S. forces launched airstrikes against Iranian missile and drone storage locations Friday in what Central Command called a “powerful response” to “unwarranted aggression” by Iran with its Thursday attack on a commercial ship exiting the Strait of Hormuz. more
The Washington Post - By Michael Birnbaum, Karen DeYoung - 6/15/2026, 9:08 PM
Optimism Bias 81.3% - Recency Bias 81.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 81.3%
President Donald Trump said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz will fully reopen to shipping traffic by Friday, the day that senior U.S. and Iranian officials plan to meet in Geneva for a ceremony to mark an end to the four-month war and kick off weeks of negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program. more
The Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - 6/10/2026, 9:06 PM
Negativity Bias 66.3% - Pessimism Bias 39.4% - Framing Effect 38.5%
The latest exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran may mark the end of a fragile ceasefire that has withstood numerous violations over the past two months. “The Bully of the Middle East is dead,” President Donald Trump wrote early Wednesday on social media after Iranian missiles struck U.S. assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and... more
The Washington Post - By Mariana Alfaro, Karen DeYoung - 5/10/2026, 6:56 PM
Negativity Bias 37.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 37.9% - Unattributed Quote 26.4%
President Donald Trump on Sunday called Iran’s response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war “totally unacceptable.” Trump’s comments came hours after Tehran said, according to state media, that it sent a response to the peace plan through Pakistani mediators. The back and forth follows an exchange of hostilities around the Strait... more
The Washington Post - By Dan Lamothe, Karen DeYoung, Tara Copp - 5/7/2026, 10:07 PM
Framing Effect 100% - Negativity Bias 78.4% - Biased Writer Voice 78.4%
U.S. forces on Thursday launched a new round of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on American warships, officials said, casting fresh doubt on efforts by Washington and Tehran to reach a negotiated settlement that would end hostilities. more
The Washington Post - By Natalie Allison, John Hudson, Karen DeYoung - 4/24/2026, 6:33 PM
Framing Effect 69% - Biased Writer Voice 57.1% - Pessimism Bias 45.2%
Witkoff, Kushner expected in Pakistan for Iran talks without Vance Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad for talks with Pakistani officials. The White House said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would leave for Islamabad on Saturday. Iran has played down expectations of direct talks with the United States over ending the war as... more
The Washington Post - By Karen DeYoung - 4/14/2026, 9:00 AM
Framing Effect 54.7% - Negativity Bias 54.7% - Anchoring Bias 23.3%
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S.-Iran peace talks may resume “over the next two days” in Pakistan, but that he was not pleased with the offer of a 20-year suspension of Tehran’s nuclear enrichment program made last weekend by his chief negotiator, Vice President JD Vance. The lead U.S. negotiator, Vice President JD Vance,... more