Topic summary
50%126 analyzed articles/videos66,749 analyzed words
BS Summary: These US Iran Relations results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.1% saturation with 35,077 hits. Analysis detected 349,903 faulty-reasoning hits from 387,386 analyzed words across 126 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (13,580 of 15,447 topics). This US Iran Relations is better (less manipulative) than 87.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.1% percentile
1.7% BS Score126 analyzed articles387.4K 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 8.9%8.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 9.1%9.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Trump Can’t Stop Pretending the Iran War Is Over85%
The Bulwark73%By Will Saletan89%7/23/2026, 6:52:51 AM
Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 12th straight night of strikes as threats to oil trade deepen8%
CBS News16%By Frank Andrews12% Joe Walsh16% Mark Osborne12% Tucker Reals16%7/22/2026, 11:49:58 PM
US and Iran attacks rage as officials question whether diplomacy can stop march toward war resuming58%
WSVN52%By Rubén Rosario55%7/22/2026, 9:29:30 AM
Trump considers cutting bait on Iran war to try to save the midterms: report92%
Raw Story93%By Matthew Chapman85%7/22/2026, 12:47:42 AM
Senator Grills Hegseth on Wildly Different Statements on Iran, Says They ‘Don’t Add Up’87%
Mediaite70%By Zachary Leeman73%7/21/2026, 11:43:56 PM
Trump’s latest strikes on Iran unlikely to have any impact with war stuck in limbo, says US intelligence56%
The Independent44%By Maira Butt51%7/21/2026, 1:05:56 PM
US-Iran Fighting Enters 10th Day As Tanker Hit In Hormuz, Houthis Threaten Red Sea Chokepoint61%
ZeroHedge69%By Tyler Durden61%7/21/2026, 11:20:00 AM
‘We Have a Dictator Running This Country’: House Democrat Says Trump Isn’t Sharing U.S. Casualty Figures With Congress60%
Mediaite70%By Michael Luciano56%7/21/2026, 12:14:47 AM
U.S. Official: Iran Attacks Injured “Far More” Troops Than Pentagon Admits52%
The Intercept81%By Nick Turse65%7/20/2026, 8:03:20 PM
Mediators Float 10-Day Ceasefire As Pezeshkian Tells Citizens Iran Engaged In 'Full-Scale War'74%
ZeroHedge69%By Tyler Durden61%7/20/2026, 12:55:00 PM