Speaker summary
55%13 analyzed articles/videos268 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fars news agency results contain 16 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Appeal to Authority, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 51.6% saturation with 187.402 hits. Analysis detected 1,154.61 faulty-reasoning hits from 268 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 17% and a BS Rank of 27% (20,876 of 28,364 speakers). This Fars news agency is better (less manipulative) than 73.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed speakers

26% percentile
025507510026.4% percentile
17.0% BS Score13 analyzed videos268 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

SpeakerSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Speaker 60.7%60.7%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Speaker 51.6%51.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Speaker 44.7%44.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Speaker 22.7%22.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Speaker 7.3%7.3%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Speaker 5.7%5.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Speaker 10.3%10.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Speaker 10.0%10.0%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Speaker 6.1%6.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Speaker 4.2%4.2%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Burden of Proof: Speaker 60.7%, sitewide 0.4%Unattributed Quote: Speaker 51.6%, sitewide 1.1%Negativity Bias: Speaker 44.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Speaker 22.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Speaker 13.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Speaker 12.7%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Speaker 10.3%, sitewide 5.2%Biased Writer Voice: Speaker 10.0%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Speaker 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Speaker 6.7%, sitewide 7.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Speaker 7.3%, sitewide 0.8%In-Group Bias: Speaker 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 3.1%Slippery Slope: Speaker 6.1%, sitewide 1.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Speaker 5.7%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of ProofSitewide rateSpeaker rate

Analyzed articles and videos

US attacks Iran for 13th night as Trump threatens ‘bigger’ strikes41%
Al Jazeera59%By Al Jazeera Staff56%7/23/2026, 2:43:28 PM
US strikes Iran for ’11th consecutive night’68%
Al Jazeera59%By Al Jazeera Staff56%7/21/2026, 4:46:00 PM
Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 7th straight day of strikes as traffic freezes up in Strait of Hormuz56%
CBS News19%By Tucker Reals17% Joe Walsh17% Khaled Wassef29% Frank Andrews13%7/17/2026, 3:09:00 PM
US Launches Third Round Of Strikes On Iran After IRGC Closes Hormuz39%
ZeroHedge72%By Tyler Durden63%7/11/2026, 5:58:00 PM
U.S.-Iran Latest: U.S. launches more strikes against Iran after Trump says ceasefire is "over"44%
CBS News19%By Tucker Reals17% Joe Walsh17% Mark Osborne13% Frank Andrews13%7/8/2026, 1:43:00 AM
Iran, US agree tentative deal to ‘end war’: Your questions answered45%
Al Jazeera59%By Caolán Magee40%6/15/2026, 4:21:46 AM
Iran, Israel pledge to end attacks that threatened talks49%
The Japan Times67%By No Author44%6/8/2026, 4:18:00 PM
Report: Iran World Cup Team Issued Visas to Compete in US15%
Newsmax75%By Field Level Media0%6/5/2026, 5:21:46 PM
Iran footballers issued US visas for World Cup, says White House34%
Al Jazeera59%By Reuters69%6/5/2026, 1:49:40 PM
Iran-US war latest: Trump tells Americans to ‘sit back and relax’ as sides exchange fresh strikes32%
The Independent68%By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar0% Maira Butt55%6/1/2026, 5:42:02 AM