Topic: Targeting Iran
Targeting Iran
has 49.6% among topics.
BS Score: 3.4%.
Articles analyzed: 8.
Words analyzed: 42,461.
Analyzed articles
The Intercept
- By Sam Biddle
- 4/20/2026, 9:51 AM
Negativity Bias 22.7% - Appeal to Authority 22% - Hasty Generalization 17%
Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News look like typical news websites. They have neatly designed homepages and active social media accounts, where they share reporting and videos on Middle Eastern geopolitics in Arabic and Farsi, respectively, as well as English. Al-Fassel’s X account states the publication’s mission is “to investigate events of... more
The Intercept
- By Jamal Abdi
- 4/9/2026, 8:36 PM
Negativity Bias 53.8% - Biased Writer Voice 25.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17.7%
The ceasefire announced Tuesday night by President Donald Trump and confirmed by Iranian officials is on life support. If Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gets his way, it may soon be dead. Over the first 36 hours of the supposed ceasefire, hundreds have been killed and thousands injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon. The attacks... more
The Intercept
- By Nick Turse
- 4/8/2026, 7:09 PM
Negativity Bias 21.9% - Appeal to Authority 20% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 19.9%
The Pentagon continues to peddle misleading U.S. casualty figures from the Iran war, even after The Intercept reported on what one defense official called a “casualty cover-up.” Pressed for a more accurate count of U.S. personnel killed or injured during Operation Epic Fury, the Office of the Secretary of War provided a new tally that... more
The Intercept
- By Nick Turse
- 4/7/2026, 7:01 PM
Negativity Bias 31.1% - Appeal to Authority 22.5% - Anecdotal 12.5%
President Donald Trump threatened to commit genocide in Iran, ahead of warnings of a wave of attacks on civilian infrastructure on Tuesday night. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. This followed a drumbeat of similar threats of wanton and criminal destruction.... more
The Intercept
- By Nick Turse
- 4/1/2026, 6:51 PM
Negativity Bias 22.8% - Appeal to Authority 15.9% - Biased Writer Voice 15%
Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won’t acknowledge it. U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, appears to be engaged in what a defense official called a “casualty cover-up,”... more
The Intercept
- By Natasha Lennard
- 3/30/2026, 8:37 PM
Negativity Bias 49.5% - Biased Writer Voice 31% - Hasty Generalization 24.9%
Over the weekend, the U.S. and Israel bombarded two universities in Iran, the Isfahan University of Technology and the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran. These are not, of course, the first attacks on civilian infrastructure in President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s illegal war on Iran;... more
The Intercept
- By Hooman Majd
- 3/27/2026, 5:33 PM
Negativity Bias 39.4% - Biased Writer Voice 32.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 24%
A man sweeps up debris near a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The U.S.–Israel war on Iran was supposed to end quickly in either an “unconditional surrender” or regime change. Weeks into the conflict, none of it has happened. There appears to be little cause for... more
The Intercept
- By Nick Turse
- 3/24/2026, 7:25 PM
Negativity Bias 27.8% - Unattributed Quote 27.8% - Appeal to Authority 24.6%
Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the War Department awaits a White House decision about the deployment of the unit to the Middle East for possible ground operations in Iran, two government sources tell The Intercept. The deployment... more