The Scale of the War in the Middle East in Five Maps ⁠75%

By Martín González Gómez⁠0%

4/5/2026, 2:01:26 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 13 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Composition/Division, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 78.3% saturation with 137 hits. Analysis detected 497 faulty-reasoning hits from 175 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,539 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 74.70% of the article peer group.

The geographic scale 
To show the extent of the war that the United States and Israel started with Iran, the maps in this article overlay the region onto different parts of the world. 
Extent of the attacks 
The strikes carried out by both sides in the war have stretched across a vast area of more than four million square miles, as seen in this map overlaid onto **Europe**. 
In comparison with Ukraine 
Russia has been trying to control parts of **Ukraine** for more than a decade. 
Iran is nearly three times the size of Ukraine and has more than double its population. 
Strait of Hormuz 
Iran attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply moves. 
This map overlays the strait over the **New York City** area. 
Lebanon, the other front 
Israel’s army has demanded evacuations in areas of southern Lebanon and Beirut, which are comparable in size to New York City. 
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Times: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 4.0%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.7%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 12.6%Martín González Gómez: 3.1%The New York Times: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion12.6%This article: 17.1%Martín González Gómez: 12.9%The New York Times: 0.4%Begging the Question17.1%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 17.1%Martín González Gómez: 4.3%The New York Times: 0.3%Burden of Proof17.1%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 21.1%Martín González Gómez: 5.3%The New York Times: 0.2%Composition/Division21.1%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 2.3%Martín González Gómez: 0.6%The New York Times: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)2.3%This article: 0.0%Martín González Gómez: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 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