Author: Virginia Pietromarchi
Virginia Pietromarchi
has 26.3% among authors.
BS Score: 2.1%.
Articles analyzed: 7.
Words analyzed: 19,581.
Analyzed articles
Al Jazeera
- By Virginia Pietromarchi, Andrew Marshall
- 6/22/2026, 10:09 AM
Biased Writer Voice 23.7% - Framing Effect 23.1% - Negativity Bias 11.8%
Keir Starmer is regarded even by his opponents as a decent man, hardworking and courteous, and yet he has become the most disliked British prime minister since modern political polling began. Starmer led the United Kingdom’s Labour Party to a landslide general election victory in July 2024, winning 411 seats in the House of Commons, a... more
Al Jazeera
- By Virginia Pietromarchi
- 5/13/2026, 11:42 AM
Appeal to Authority 31.2% - Negativity Bias 30.7% - Pessimism Bias 26.9%
Optimism surrounding another set of peace proposals aimed at shaping a peace deal between Iran and the United States quickly faded this week as the two sides appeared to instead pull further apart, digging in and insisting that the other compromise for negotiations to resume. US President Donald Trump has said that the already fragile... more
Al Jazeera
- By Virginia Pietromarchi
- 4/29/2026, 5:47 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.8% - Negativity Bias 18.6% - Availability Heuristic 11%
After decades of membership, the United Arab Emirates has decided to quit the oil producers’ group, OPEC, in order to focus on “national interests” and forge its own path, it has said. The move is seen as a major blow to the Vienna-based oil cartel – but will not spell the end of it altogether, observers say. The UAE’s decision to quit... more
Al Jazeera
- By Virginia Pietromarchi
- 4/29/2026, 11:44 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 29.2% - Negativity Bias 19.7% - Appeal to Authority 16.7%
Just 12 hours before the United States and Israel began attacking Iran in late February, Firouz, a crypto user in Tehran, decided to act. “I was feeling all week the war would start soon,” he said. Trusting his instincts, he moved all his crypto savings out of Nobitex – Iran’s largest digital asset platform and the central hub of the... more
Al Jazeera
- By Virginia Pietromarchi, Elis Gjevori
- 3/30/2026, 12:00 AM
Negativity Bias 73.2% - Unattributed Quote 73.2% - Availability Heuristic 30.1%
President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s civilian energy infrastructure, including power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island, if Tehran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A fire at the Bazan oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa has been reported following a missile attack. An Israeli attack on a military checkpoint... more
Al Jazeera
- By Caolán Magee, Virginia Pietromarchi
- 3/29/2026, 12:00 AM
Negativity Bias 85.1% - Framing Effect 42.2% - Availability Heuristic 40.3%
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the United States was plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war. Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia meet in Islamabad, looking to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran. Iran threatens retaliatory... more
Al Jazeera
- By Zsombor Peter, Virginia Pietromarchi, Elis Gjevori
- 3/28/2026, 12:00 AM
Negativity Bias 79.3% - Unattributed Quote 57.2% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 38%
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have confirmed their first attack on Israel since the United States-Israeli war on Iran began. The ballistic missile attack that was intercepted by Israel targeted Israeli military sites located in the south of the occupied West Bank, the group says. US President Donald Trump has said he is “very... more