Topic summary
55%9 analyzed articles/videos4,948 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bahrain results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 2,979 hits. Analysis detected 27,587 faulty-reasoning hits from 30,517 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,381 of 16,562 topics). This Bahrain is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score9 analyzed articles30.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.5%9.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.2%3.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

US Strikes Hit Bridges, Iran Attacks Water Lifeline in Gulf73%
Newsweek36%By Ellie Cook25% Steve Mollman42%7/17/2026, 12:42:53 PM
Trump Threatens To Escalate Iran Strikes and Floats a ‘Ground Campaign’41%
Newsweek36%By Brendan Cole36% Hollie Silverman42% Hannah Parry32%7/14/2026, 1:18:06 PM
Trump’s weekend war approach to Iran might never end68%
Salon.com76%By Russell Payne62%7/6/2026, 3:02:54 PM
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks to end the war33%
AP News53%By JON GAMBRELL MELANIE LIDMAN0%6/28/2026, 4:32:09 AM
Gulf countries strongly condemn Iran's drone attack on Bahrain as rising tensions threaten MOU66%
Fox News89%By James Cirrone46%6/27/2026, 5:56:09 PM
Iranian drones attack Bahrain and a ship is struck in the strait after US airstrikes on Iran34%
AP News53%By Jon Gambrell54%6/27/2026, 9:24:26 AM
Iran-US war latest: Trump drops threat of more airstrikes tonight claiming ‘final points’ of deal agreed in ‘great detail’63%
The Independent68%By Alex Croft76% Brendan Rascius75% Rachel Dobkin54%6/12/2026, 1:58:54 AM
Iran's missile and drone attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait intercepted45%
AP News53%By SAMY MAGDY45% MICHELLE L. PRICE47%6/6/2026, 8:10:26 AM
Iran fires missiles and US strikes Iran facility after reports of faltering peace talks35%
AP News53%By JON GAMBRELL SAMY MAGDY45% NASSER KARIMI0%6/2/2026, 11:25:57 AM