Iran war live: ‘Missile from Iran’ hits oil tanker off Qatar’s coast ⁠0%

By Fiona Kelliher⁠0% Stephen Quillen⁠0%

3/31/2026, 5:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Unattributed Quote, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 52.2% saturation with 72 hits. Analysis detected 522 faulty-reasoning hits from 138 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of ⁠0% (0 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.

One of three missiles launched from Iran hit an oil tanker off Qatar’s coast, no injuries reported. 
Qatar’s Defence Ministry says missiles launched from Iran hit oil tanker in the country’s territorial waters. 
Kuwait says an Iranian attack has sparked a “large fire” at the fuel tanks at its international airport. 
US President Donald Trump says Iran does not have to make a deal for him to end the war and that the conflict could end in two to three weeks. 
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tells Al Jazeera he has no faith in talks with the US, and says that while he has had messages from Washington, no negotiations are under way. 
Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 34.1%Fiona Kelliher: 2.3%Al Jazeera: 2.7%Confirmation Bias34.1%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 13.0%Fiona Kelliher: 4.5%Al Jazeera: 2.8%Availability Heuristic13.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 1.8%Al Jazeera: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 6.4%Al Jazeera: 2.1%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 21.0%Fiona Kelliher: 8.3%Al Jazeera: 8.5%Framing Effect21.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.7%Al Jazeera: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 21.7%Fiona Kelliher: 6.0%Al Jazeera: 2.5%Optimism Bias21.7%This article: 23.2%Fiona Kelliher: 4.0%Al Jazeera: 2.7%Pessimism Bias23.2%This article: 36.2%Fiona Kelliher: 16.3%Al Jazeera: 10.3%Negativity Bias36.2%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 3.1%Al Jazeera: 1.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.7%Al Jazeera: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 1.0%Al Jazeera: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 1.2%Al Jazeera: 1.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 1.6%Al Jazeera: 0.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 1.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 18.1%Fiona Kelliher: 1.7%Al Jazeera: 1.8%Recency Bias18.1%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.2%Al Jazeera: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 11.6%Fiona Kelliher: 1.8%Al Jazeera: 4.0%Appeal to Authority11.6%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.4%Al Jazeera: 1.9%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.2%Al Jazeera: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 21.7%Fiona Kelliher: 3.8%Al Jazeera: 3.6%Hasty Generalization21.7%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 23.2%Fiona Kelliher: 6.4%Al Jazeera: 5.1%Appeal to Emotion23.2%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.8%Al Jazeera: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 12.3%Fiona Kelliher: 2.0%Al Jazeera: 3.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)12.3%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.5%Al Jazeera: 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 2.9%Al Jazeera: 1.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 23.2%Fiona Kelliher: 3.7%Al Jazeera: 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)23.2%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 25.4%Fiona Kelliher: 7.0%Al Jazeera: 2.8%Unattributed Quote25.4%This article: 8.7%Fiona Kelliher: 1.6%Al Jazeera: 1.6%Quote-first Misdirection8.7%This article: 52.2%Fiona Kelliher: 3.4%Al Jazeera: 4.2%Biased Writer Voice52.2%This article: 23.2%Fiona Kelliher: 1.2%Al Jazeera: 0.8%Indoctrination23.2%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 1.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Fiona Kelliher: 0.0%Al Jazeera: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 9.4%Fiona Kelliher: 3.0%Al Jazeera: 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…9.4%

138 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers70%attributed speech42writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageQatar’s Defence Ministry • 16 words • 0.0% coverageKuwait • 18 words • 100.0% coverageDonald Trump • 30 words • 100.0% coverageAbbas Araghchi • 32 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Abbas Araghchi

100%flagged-word coverage
32 attributed words33% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-100.0 ptsWriter: 100.0%Abbas Araghchi: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Abbas Araghchi: 100.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote-40.5 ptsWriter: 40.5%Abbas Araghchi: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -31.0 ptsWriter: 31.0%Abbas Araghchi: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-28.6 ptsWriter: 28.6%Abbas Araghchi: 0.0%0.0%

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

Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…

Analysis

Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.