Keyword summary
44%28 analyzed articles/videos49,667 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Persian Gulf results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 17,111 hits. Analysis detected 130,360 faulty-reasoning hits from 200,301 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of 3% (33,530 of 34,418 keywords). This Persian Gulf is better (less manipulative) than 97.40% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed keywords

3% percentile
02550751002.6% percentile
1.2% BS Score28 analyzed articles200.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

KeywordSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Keyword 6.9%6.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Keyword 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Keyword 8.5%8.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Keyword 2.5%2.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Keyword 4.9%4.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Keyword 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Keyword 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Keyword 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Keyword 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Keyword 0.8%0.8%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Keyword 6.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Keyword 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Keyword 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Keyword 4.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Keyword 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Keyword 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Keyword 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Keyword 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Keyword 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Keyword 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Keyword 3.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Keyword 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Keyword 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Keyword 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Keyword 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Keyword 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Keyword 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Keyword 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Keyword 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Keyword 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateKeyword rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The Gulf’s China Problem64%
Foreign Affairs48%By Mohammed Alsudairi84% Andrea Ghiselli90% Aaron Glasserman41%7/21/2026, 4:00:00 AM
Retired General Floats Seizure of Iran's Kharg Island as Leverage - Newsweek59%
Newsweek32%By Steve Mollman41%7/12/2026, 8:26:07 PM
Live Updates: Iran and U.S. ramp up tit-for-tat strikes as Khamenei laid to rest20%
CBS News16%By Tucker Reals16% Faris Tanyos22% Mark Osborne12% Khaled Wassef29%7/9/2026, 10:47:00 AM
British military says second ship hit in Strait of Hormuz13%
AP News52%By Jon Gambrell53%7/7/2026, 1:12:41 AM
Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, Iran says | AP News29%
AP News52%By Jon Gambrell53%7/1/2026, 8:19:31 AM
Why US Bases in the Persian Gulf Are Doomed54%
Newsweek32%By Tom O'Connor51%6/29/2026, 7:26:43 PM
Second Ship Hit in Hormuz Strait After Trump Slams ‘Foolish’ Attack11%
Newsweek32%By Ellie Cook25% Gabe Whisnant18% Steve Mollman41%6/26/2026, 11:29:05 AM
Analysis: Iran’s stranglehold on Strait of Hormuz loosens as Gulf Arab oil reaches market60%
AP News52%By JON GAMBRELL53% DAVID MCHUGH0%6/12/2026, 2:23:31 PM
Iran's Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risks31%
AP News52%By SAM METZ0%6/11/2026, 5:09:00 PM
Israel and Iran exchange missile fire threatening Middle East truce24%
NPR84%By Greg Myre0%6/8/2026, 4:23:36 AM