BREAKING: Two U.S. Soldiers Dead, One Missing After Iranian Strike in Jordan ⁠81%

By Joseph Addington⁠39%

7/18/2026, 6:42:36 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Recency Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 54.7% saturation with 87 hits. Analysis detected 547 faulty-reasoning hits from 159 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 72.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠81% (4,256 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 80.60% of the article peer group.

Two American soldiers were killed and one is missing in action after Iran struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan with drones and ballistic missiles, the U.S. military announced Saturday. 
“On July 17, two U.S. service members in Jordan were killed in action as U.S. 
Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. 
Additionally, one service member is currently missing in action,” U.S. 
Central Command wrote in a post on social media. 
Four other soldiers were medically evacuated for treatment in hospitals but have since been discharged. 
The Iranian attack is the first strike to kill American troops since the resumption of hostilities between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. last week and marks the first American military deaths in the Iran War since March 12, when a KC-135 tanker aircraft crashed while supporting U.S. operations against Iran, killing 6 soldiers. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 3.9%The American Conservative: 8.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.3%The American Conservative: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 24.5%Joseph Addington: 3.2%The American Conservative: 3.8%Availability Heuristic24.5%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.0%The American Conservative: 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 34.0%Joseph Addington: 1.6%The American Conservative: 1.9%Hindsight Bias34.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.6%The American Conservative: 3.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 5.7%Joseph Addington: 11.4%The American Conservative: 8.1%Framing Effect5.7%This article: 5.7%Joseph Addington: 0.4%The American Conservative: 0.4%Loss Aversion5.7%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.8%The American Conservative: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.8%The American Conservative: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 9.4%Joseph Addington: 1.2%The American Conservative: 1.8%Optimism Bias9.4%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 2.0%The American Conservative: 2.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 23.3%Joseph Addington: 8.0%The American Conservative: 10.6%Negativity Bias23.3%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 2.5%The American Conservative: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.7%The American Conservative: 2.3%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 8.8%Joseph Addington: 1.8%The American Conservative: 2.4%In-Group Bias8.8%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.6%The American Conservative: 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 2.1%The American Conservative: 1.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.3%The American Conservative: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.1%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 34.0%Joseph Addington: 2.5%The American Conservative: 1.4%Recency Bias34.0%This article: 1.9%Joseph Addington: 0.4%The American Conservative: 0.6%Primacy Effect1.9%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.9%The American Conservative: 2.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.3%The American Conservative: 2.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 24.5%Joseph Addington: 2.5%The American Conservative: 4.3%Appeal to Authority24.5%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.8%The American Conservative: 3.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.1%The American Conservative: 2.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 3.3%The American Conservative: 10.3%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.4%The American Conservative: 0.4%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.6%The American Conservative: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 4.9%The American Conservative: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.7%The American Conservative: 1.6%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 34.0%Joseph Addington: 6.9%The American Conservative: 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)34.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.3%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 18.9%Joseph Addington: 2.0%The American Conservative: 0.9%Burden of Proof18.9%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.5%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.3%The American Conservative: 2.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 34.0%Joseph Addington: 2.7%The American Conservative: 2.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)34.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 15.7%Joseph Addington: 3.9%The American Conservative: 3.4%Unattributed Quote15.7%This article: 15.1%Joseph Addington: 3.6%The American Conservative: 2.1%Quote-first Misdirection15.1%This article: 54.7%Joseph Addington: 5.2%The American Conservative: 17.3%Biased Writer Voice54.7%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.0%The American Conservative: 2.9%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.1%The American Conservative: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 1.1%The American Conservative: 3.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Joseph Addington: 0.1%The American Conservative: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

159 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker14%attributed speech136writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageCentral Command (CENTCOM) • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageCentral Command (CENTCOM) • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 54 words • 100.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
23 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%32.5%65.0%Biased Writer Voice-64.0 ptsWriter: 64.0%Central Command (CENTCOM): 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-18.4 ptsWriter: 18.4%Central Command (CENTCOM): 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-17.6 ptsWriter: 17.6%Central Command (CENTCOM): 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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