NBC News35%

President Trump vows revenge on Iran for killing U.S. service members 42%

By NBC News36%

7/20/2026, 3:50:36 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Framing Effect, and Pessimism Bias, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 31.9% saturation with 22 hits. Analysis detected 106 faulty-reasoning hits from 69 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.9% and a BS Rank of 42% (12,848 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 58.70% of the article peer group.

President Trump vows revenge on Iran for killing U.S. service members 
After a weekend of deadly attacks, the Pentagon has released the identities of some of the fallen service members, including 1st Lt. 
Tyler James Feehan from Hawaii and Pvt. 
Isabella Gonzales from Texas, who were killed from an Iranian attack. 
NBC’s Keir Simmons reports from the region. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.7%NBC News: 2.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%NBC News: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 31.9%NBC News: 3.1%NBC News: 2.9%Availability Heuristic31.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.4%NBC News: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%NBC News: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.9%NBC News: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 15.9%NBC News: 5.9%NBC News: 6.4%Framing Effect15.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.4%NBC News: 0.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%NBC News: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%NBC News: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.7%NBC News: 1.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 15.9%NBC News: 1.8%NBC News: 1.2%Pessimism Bias15.9%This article: 15.9%NBC News: 10.7%NBC News: 7.0%Negativity Bias15.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%NBC News: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.1%NBC News: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%NBC News: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.5%NBC News: 1.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.4%NBC News: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.8%NBC News: 4.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.1%NBC News: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.0%NBC News: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 10.1%NBC News: 4.0%NBC News: 3.2%Appeal to Authority10.1%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.3%NBC News: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%NBC News: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%NBC News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 31.9%NBC News: 2.4%NBC News: 3.2%Hasty Generalization31.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.4%NBC News: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 3.6%NBC News: 4.9%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.7%NBC News: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.4%NBC News: 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%NBC News: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%NBC News: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.1%NBC News: 1.5%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 15.9%NBC News: 2.1%NBC News: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)15.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%NBC News: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 4.1%NBC News: 1.8%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.0%NBC News: 1.3%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 15.9%NBC News: 4.4%NBC News: 4.1%Biased Writer Voice15.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%NBC News: 1.1%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.1%NBC News: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

69 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker10%attributed speech62writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageKeir Simmons • 7 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Keir Simmons

100%flagged-word coverage
7 attributed words100% of attributed speech71% writer coverage
0%10.0%20.0%Biased Writer Voice-17.7 ptsWriter: 17.7%Keir Simmons: 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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