Author: Tom O'Connor
Tom O'Connor
has 18.6% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 23,313.
Analyzed articles
Newsweek
- By Tom O'Connor
- 7/1/2026, 6:17 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.2% - Confirmation Bias 18.1% - Negativity Bias 16.8%
An uptick in clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel groups is threatening to open a new front in the Islamic Republic's conflict with the United States and Israel, testing a fragile ceasefire between Tehran and Washington. As the United States and Iran continue to strive toward a final deal following a historic... more
Newsweek
- By Tom O'Connor
- 6/29/2026, 7:26 PM
Hasty Generalization 28.7% - Confirmation Bias 25.1% - Negativity Bias 20.8%
The extensive targeting of U.S. bases by Iran throughout the yet-unresolved conflict now in its fourth month is raising new doubts about the sustainability of maintaining large, fixed military installations near the Persian Gulf—and potentially elsewhere across the globe. Among the leading voices calling for a substantial recalibration... more
Newsweek
- By Tom O'Connor
- 6/26/2026, 8:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 23% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.9% - Negativity Bias 17.4%
As the United States and Iran work toward a lasting peace agreement, the course of the near-four-month-long conflict and the ensuing efforts to end it are already having profound effects on the geopolitical fault lines of the Middle East. The region has long been in a state of flux. The cascade of conflicts involving Israel in Gaza,... more
Newsweek
- By Tom O'Connor
- 6/24/2026, 9:09 PM
Negativity Bias 15.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.1% - Appeal to Authority 11.3%
As the United States and Iran settle into an uneasy truce, one of the White House's newest partners in the Middle East finds himself caught between President Donald Trump's rhetoric and a deepening rivalry between two of the U.S.'s oldest regional allies. Long rocked by civil war until the insurgent blitz that brought President Ahmad... more