How the Iran crisis affects Japan 83%

By Eric Johnston50%

4/28/2026, 5:10:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Framing Effect, and Pessimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 65.5% saturation with 55 hits. Analysis detected 258 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 74.6% and a BS Rank of 83% (3,796 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 82.70% of the article peer group.

As the situation in the Middle East shows no sign of returning to normal anytime soon, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, preventing nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil exports from reaching their destinations. 
On Friday, Japan will begin to release another 20 days’ worth of oil from its domestic stockpiles. 
The use of stockpiles has led to potential fears about the ripple effect of a shortage on industries and individual consumers. 
Here’s a look at the situation. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.1%The Japan Times: 3.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.3%The Japan Times: 1.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 25.0%Eric Johnston: 7.2%The Japan Times: 4.7%Availability Heuristic25.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.9%The Japan Times: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.0%The Japan Times: 2.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 40.5%Eric Johnston: 12.1%The Japan Times: 14.4%Framing Effect40.5%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.9%The Japan Times: 0.9%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.7%The Japan Times: 1.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.4%The Japan Times: 4.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 40.5%Eric Johnston: 3.1%The Japan Times: 3.3%Pessimism Bias40.5%This article: 65.5%Eric Johnston: 10.7%The Japan Times: 11.6%Negativity Bias65.5%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.2%The Japan Times: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 1.0%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.9%The Japan Times: 1.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.9%The Japan Times: 2.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.9%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.5%The Japan Times: 5.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.5%The Japan Times: 1.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.8%The Japan Times: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 25.0%Eric Johnston: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.5%Hasty Generalization25.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.3%The Japan Times: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 25.0%Eric Johnston: 3.1%The Japan Times: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion25.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 5.3%The Japan Times: 4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.1%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.8%The Japan Times: 3.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 45.2%Eric Johnston: 2.2%The Japan Times: 4.6%Unattributed Quote45.2%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 1.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 40.5%Eric Johnston: 6.2%The Japan Times: 9.0%Biased Writer Voice40.5%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.0%The Japan Times: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

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