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Sammy Westfall has 59.6% among authors. BS Score: 3.6%. Articles analyzed: 5. Words analyzed: 3,524.
The Washington Post - By Sammy Westfall, Heba Farouk Mahfouz - 6/28/2026, 7:31 PM
Framing Effect 100% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 100% - Biased Writer Voice 100%
Iran insisted Sunday that it had a right to full control of the Strait of Hormuz, brushing aside President Donald Trump’s threats to “complete the job” of the war he launched four months ago if Tehran did not relent on the waterway. more
The Washington Post - By Mary Ilyushina, Sammy Westfall, Susannah George - 6/21/2026, 10:20 AM
Framing Effect 74.5% - Optimism Bias 74.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 74.5%
Vice President JD Vance began talks Sunday with Iranian officials in Switzerland expressing hope that the two sides could “turn over a new leaf” as, back in Washington, President Donald Trump threatened fresh attacks on Tehran if it blocked the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. more
The Washington Post - By Sammy Westfall - 6/19/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 85.7% - Confirmation Bias 57.1% - Anecdotal 57.1%
President Donald Trump left no ambiguity as to how he felt about the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. In Trump’s first term as president, he withdrew from the accord, having called it “horrible,” “defective at its core,” “one sided,” a “road to a nuclear weapon,” and “one of the worst and dumbest” agreements “ever made... more
The Washington Post - By Mariana Alfaro, Tara Copp, Joyce Lee, Sammy Westfall - 4/19/2026, 1:22 PM
Negativity Bias 100% - Framing Effect 73.4% - Biased Writer Voice 73.4%
Oil prices jump after U.S. seizes Iranian vessel, imperiling ceasefire Iran threatened retaliation after the seizure in the Gulf of Oman, and it wasn’t clear whether Tehran would attend talks in Pakistan, with a ceasefire set to expire Wednesday. Iran threatened to retaliate Monday after the U.S. military seized an Iranian-flagged cargo... more
The Washington Post - By Sammy Westfall, Natalie Allison, Evan Halper, Susannah George, Tara Copp - 4/8/2026, 10:37 AM
Negativity Bias 41.2% - Appeal to Emotion 17.1% - Unattributed Quote 16.6%
JERUSALEM — A two-week agreement to halt U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran was under threat from multiple directions on Wednesday. Iran accused the United States of violating the ceasefire. Israel carried out widespread strikes in Lebanon. Iran conducted retaliatory attacks in the Persian Gulf region. And traffic in the Strait of Hormuz... more