Topic summary
34%32 analyzed articles/videos22,215 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Lebanon results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 10,911 hits. Analysis detected 92,604 faulty-reasoning hits from 138,094 analyzed words across 32 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 3% (14,734 of 15,144 topics). This Lebanon is better (less manipulative) than 97.30% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751002.7% percentile
1.3% BS Score32 analyzed articles138.1K 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 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.6%2.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 7.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Why Israel May Never Leave Lebanon69%
Newsweek33%By Brendan Cole35%7/21/2026, 8:00:00 AM
Apple Maps didn't 'erase' Lebanese town names. Here's evidence39%
Snopes.com6%By Taija PerryCook7%7/19/2026, 4:00:09 PM
US-Iran negotiations: What’s the latest?21%
Al Jazeera56%By Al Jazeera Staff54%7/1/2026, 8:38:25 AM
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks to end the war32%
AP News53%By JON GAMBRELL52% MELANIE LIDMAN0%6/28/2026, 4:32:09 AM
Syria Is Caught Between Trump and His Two Best Friends in the Middle East60%
Newsweek33%By Tom O'Connor50%6/24/2026, 9:09:38 PM
US and Iran to talk Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz again24%
AP News53%By KAREEM CHEHAYEB0% BASSEM MROUE0% SEUNG MIN KIM54% MUNIR AHMED0%6/20/2026, 9:15:09 AM
Talks between the US and Iran are called off because of fighting in Lebanon, officials say64%
AP News53%By ERIN CUNNINGHAM0% JON GAMBRELL52% AAMER MADHANI68%6/19/2026, 5:10:28 AM
US push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump. Vance stays at home, for now19%
AP News53%By AAMER MADHANI68% JAMEY KEATEN0% SAMY MAGDY0%6/19/2026, 4:04:08 AM
Iran Won the Negotiation, Even Though It Lost the War44%
Center for Strategic and International Studies32%By Emily Harding0%6/18/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Trump’s 14 point Iran deal leaked as president threatens to drop bombs again if Tehran doesn’t ‘behave’23%
The Independent65%By James C. Reynolds72%6/17/2026, 11:52:33 AM