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Al Jazeera says Hormuz has been closed for six months. CentCom says 18 million barrels crossed on Tuesday.

The US military counted 40 escorted vessels and about 18 million barrels through the Strait of Hormuz on 1 September. Al Jazeera, which reports the strait has been closed for six months, puts the ship trackers' count for that day at 11. And one Trump sentence about mines reaches readers three ways across five reports.

How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims
How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims as published by Al Jazeera English · seen at Al Jazeera English
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The count. Gulf News reports the US escorted "up to 40 commercial vessels carrying about 18 million barrels of oil" through Hormuz on Tuesday 1 September — CentCom and two US officials, via CNN. Al Jazeera carries the figure, then puts the ship trackers beside it.

Who counted When Count Counting what
CentCom, two US officials Tue 1 Sep 40 ships · 18m barrels not stated
Kpler Tue 1 Sep 11 vessels small, non-cargo craft excluded
Lloyd's List 26 Aug–1 Sep about 12 a day cargo ships over 10,000 dwt
PortWatch since March 7 a day not stated

The closure. Al Jazeera writes in its own voice that the strait "has been closed since the US-Israel war on Iran began six months ago" — then counts five to 13 transits a day and quotes Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: "the enemy managed to get some ships" through.

The mines. LBCI states Trump's line flat: "no mines at all". An-Nahar's round-up affirms it; An-Nahar's own report of the same remarks marks it زعم, claimed. Al Jazeera sets it against the 1 September JMIC advisory keeping Hormuz at "severe" for "drifting or uncharted mines".

Not settled. No report asks what the US count of 40 includes, and neither official is named. None carries an Iranian figure. Our two bias readings split on the mine line — four reports carrying it, or three — over whether Al Jazeera's "despite US claims to have cleared the strait of mines" counts.

What this is about: who controls the Strait of Hormuz, the sea lane between Iran and Oman, six months into a war between the United States and Iran.

How it got here

  • Why the strait matters. Hormuz is the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf. Gulf News, citing the US Energy Information Administration, puts 2024 traffic at 20 million barrels of oil a day. That is about a fifth of world consumption, and most of it goes to China, India, Japan and South Korea. Iran sits on the strait's northern shore and has long threatened to close it if attacked.
  • The nuclear dispute. For two decades the US and Israel have accused Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon. Iran denies it. A 2015 deal limited Iran's programme in return for sanctions relief. The US left the deal in 2018 and brought sanctions back.
  • Escalation. After the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 and the war in Gaza that followed, Israel and Iran struck each other directly in 2024. In June 2025 Israel bombed Iranian nuclear and military sites, and the US struck Iran's nuclear facilities.
  • The war. Open war between the US, Israel and Iran began about six months ago, the reports say. Who is to blame is disputed, and we do not settle it here.

The actors

  • The United States escorts ships through the strait. It also blockades Iranian ports to cut off Iran's oil income.
  • Iran says the strait is closed except to vessels it has approved. It warns that other ships may be targeted.
  • Gulf producers. Saudi Arabia and the UAE can pipe some crude around the strait, Gulf News reports, but far less than normally sails through it.
  • Ship trackers and insurers count what moves. Their numbers decide what shipping lines will risk.

What is at stake

If traffic recovers, oil reaches Asia and prices ease. If it stays low, war-risk insurance and tanker charter costs stay high. Gulf News reports charters above $500,000 a day. Both governments also gain from being seen to control the strait.

Where it stands

Before the war, about 100 ships a day crossed. Every count we hold is far below that. The counts disagree on how far below.

What is being argued about

  • Is the strait open at all? Al Jazeera says closed for six months, and counts five to 13 transits a day in the same report.
  • What does the US count of 40 include? Drewry and Lloyd's List say an operational count may take in tugs, dhows and naval auxiliaries — no report we hold put that to CentCom.
  • Are the mines cleared? Trump and CentCom's Brad Cooper say yes; the 1 September JMIC advisory still cites 'drifting or uncharted mines' and the IRGC says two tankers hit them.
  • Whose numbers are missing? No report carries an Iranian barrel or transit figure, and neither of the two US officials is named anywhere.
Ships through Hormuz: who counted, and what they countedChart
Different measures, not one measure disputed. No report reconciles them.
Sources Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
One sentence about mines, four reportsSide by side
OutletWhat it publishedHedged?
LBCIHeadline only, no body: Trump says the US controls the strait and there are 'no mines at all in the strait'No - stated in the headline
An-Nahar, round-up of the same eveningTrump 'affirming that all the mines have been removed from the Strait of Hormuz and that ships are moving normally'No - carried as affirmed (مؤكِّداً)
An-Nahar, report on the Jabal Ras al-Fas threat'The US president claimed there are no mines at all in the strait' - while the control claim in the sentence before is carried as affirmedYes - 'زعم', claimed
Al JazeeraCentCom commander Brad Cooper 'claimed' the transit lanes were cleared, set against the 1 September JMIC advisory keeping Hormuz at 'severe' for 'drifting or uncharted mines'Yes - and the only report that tests it
Gulf NewsDoes not carry the mine claim; reports US strikes on Iran's 'mine-laying capabilities'Not carried
The words each outlet chose for the same Trump remarks.
Sources LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent صواريخ إيرانية تجاه الأردن وعقوبات أميركية... وترامب يعد بـ"شيء أكبر" لمرحلة ما بعد الحرب Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ترامب يلوّح بضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The week, as the five reports date itTimeline
  1. Mon 31 Aug- no time published Kpler counts vessels crossing the strait 5 vesselsreported by Al Jazeera
  2. Mon 31 Aug- no time published Donald Trump says the US Navy is helping ships through Hormuz every night about 30 a night
  3. Tue 1 Sep- no time published CentCom and two unnamed US officials say the US escorted commercial vessels through the strait up to 40 ships, about 18m barrels
  4. Tue 1 Sep- no time published Kpler counts vessels crossing the same day 11 vessels
  5. Tue 1 Sep- no time published Joint Maritime Information Center advisory keeps Hormuz at severe risk for drifting or uncharted mines traffic 'far below baseline'
  6. Tue 1 Sep- no time published Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker says the enemy got some ships through but Iran keeps complete control of the strait -
  7. Wed 2 Sep- no time published Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says two oil tankers hit mines on an illegal route 2 tankers
  8. Thu 3 Sep03:40 last-updated stamp printed on the page Gulf News publishes the escort as a wartime record 18m barrels
  9. Thu 3 Sep- no time published Al Jazeera publishes the tracking data against the US count 11 against 40
  10. Fri 4 Sep18:46 published time in the feed, GMT Donald Trump says the US controls the strait and there are no mines in it -carried by LBCI; An-Nahar files the same remarks twice, hedged once
Only LBCI publishes a time. Gulf News prints a last-updated stamp; the rest publish none.
Sources Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent صواريخ إيرانية تجاه الأردن وعقوبات أميركية... وترامب يعد بـ"شيء أكبر" لمرحلة ما بعد الحرب Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ترامب يلوّح بضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One war, two authors

One report puts two states at war on Iran and states in its own voice that the strait is closed. Another has the war erupt, with nobody starting it. Neither the barrel claim nor the closure claim meets an Iranian figure anywhere in the five reports.

1 reports naming who is at war with whom 1 reports where the war simply erupts 0 reports carrying an Iranian barrel figure

The mine sentence, four ways

Four reports carry the line that the mines are gone. Two hedge it and two carry it as settled, and one of the hedging reports affirms the same speaker's control claim in the same paragraph. Only one sets the mine claim against a shipping advisory that still rates the risk severe.

4 reports carrying the mine claim 2 that hedge it 2 that state it 1 that test it against a shipping advisory
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent صواريخ إيرانية تجاه الأردن وعقوبات أميركية... وترامب يعد بـ"شيء أكبر" لمرحلة ما بعد الحرب Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ترامب يلوّح بضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed The US escorted about 40 vessels carrying about 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz on 1 September.
Gulf News carries the figure from CentCom and two US officials via CNN; Al Jazeera holds ship-tracking data from Kpler counting 11 transits that day and Lloyd's List averaging about 12. The two counts measure different things — Lloyd's counts only cargo vessels over 10,000 dwt and misses dark transits, while a US operational count may include naval auxiliaries, tugs and dhows — and no outlet reconciles them.
Checked against 2 sources:
Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
misleading The Strait of Hormuz has been closed since the US-Israel war on Iran began six months ago.
Al Jazeera states the closure in its own voice, yet the same report counts five to 13 transits a day, quotes Iran's parliament speaker conceding 'the enemy managed to get some ships' through, and cites the Joint Maritime Information Center calling traffic 'far below baseline' rather than stopped. Gulf News records a 40-ship escorted convoy in the same week.
Checked against 2 sources:
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed All the mines have been removed from the Strait of Hormuz and ships are moving normally.
The line is Trump's: LBCI states it flat and An-Nahar's round-up asserts it, while An-Nahar's own report of the same remarks hedges it with 'زعم' — claimed. Al Jazeera holds the 1 September JMIC advisory keeping Hormuz at 'severe' risk for 'drifting or uncharted mines' despite the US clearance claim, and the IRGC's claim that two tankers hit mines.
Checked against 4 sources:
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent صواريخ إيرانية تجاه الأردن وعقوبات أميركية... وترامب يعد بـ"شيء أكبر" لمرحلة ما بعد الحرب Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ترامب يلوّح بضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

J Jay Hilotin Gulf News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact×1
Which figure is used a one-day escort figure headlined as a record, unattributed×1
Which figure is used one convoy set against a normal day's flow×1
How deeply it is sourced the record rests on two unnamed officials×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed1 unverified
From 293 reports we hold under this byline, at Gulf News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Stephen Quillen Al Jazeera English
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading3 disputed
From 23 reports we hold under this byline, at Al Jazeera English. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Gulf News
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Gulf News 🇦🇪AE · newspaper · independent US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Gulf News → What we have measured Headline framing the incident is folded into a named war and led by the oil price; one tanker, not two ×1Headline framing incident placed inside a named 'US-Iran war' and led by the oil price ×1How hard the claim is stated The denial that it is a war is labelled a claim, while the fighting itself is downgraded to a conflict ×1How hard the claim is stated none — assertion carried as fact ×1 from 6602 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report inside the escort: air, naval and space assets, 'waves' of Iranian drones, an anti-ship cruise missile intercepted, strikes on nearly 60 Iranian installations — and many of the 40 ships with their
CentCom forces enforce the blockade against vessels transiting to or from Iranian ports and coastal areas. The US military continues to support traffic flow through regional waters for all vessels not violating the blockade.Centcom The US military escorted up to 40 commercial vessels carrying about 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (September 1) — representing roughly 90% of a normal prewar day’s oil flow. It also marked the highest one-day wartime peak of crude oil passage since the Iran-US war erupted more than six months ago, officials said. Two US officials
Who is named as acting: the same war erupts, with nobody starting it — “since the Iran-US war erupted more than six months ago”
Which figure is used: a one-day escort figure headlined as a record, unattributed — “US Escorts Record 18 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz Amid Intensifying Iran Strikes”
Which figure is used: one convoy set against a normal day's flow — “The latest escorted shipment therefore represented roughly 90% of a normal prewar day’s oil flow, although it was a one-day wartime peak rather than a sustained rate.”
How deeply it is sourced: the record rests on two unnamed officials — “Two US officials familiar with the mission told CNN that the escort was carried out as the US military and Iran exchanged a new round of strikes”
Read it at Gulf News → https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/40-ships-centcom-escorts-record-18-mill…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent صواريخ إيرانية تجاه الأردن وعقوبات أميركية... وترامب يعد بـ"شيء أكبر" لمرحلة ما بعد الحرب Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Puts the same paragraph inside a war roundup led by Trump's post-war plan, sanctions on a Turkish bank and $5.75bn of approved Saudi arms sales; its Jordan section adds no source the dedicated report did not already
يعمل الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب على صياغة استراتيجية شاملة لمرحلة ما بعد انتهاء الحرب مع إيران، تقوم على إنشاء تحالف إقليمي لاحتواء طهران وتوسيع نطاق تطبيع العلاقات بين إسرائيل ودول المنطقة، وفق ما أفاد موقع أكسيوس اليوم الجمعة نقلاً عن مسؤولين أميركيين ومصادر مطلعة.تدمير رادارات إيران المتقدمةوفي كلمة لترامب مساء اليوم الجمعة، قال إن القوات الأميركية قد تستهدف منشأة جبل الفأس الإيرانية قريباً جداً، مؤكِّداً أنه تم إزالة كل الألغام من مضيق هرمز وأن السفن تتحرك بشكل طبيعي فيه. وأضاف ترامب أن الولايات المتحدة دمّرت كل رادارات إيران المتقدمة، مشيراً إلى أن الحرب مع إيران أمر بسيط بالنسبة لأميرك
Who is named as acting: the denial demoted to a 'but' clause after the launch — “لكن مراسل أكسيوس باراك رافيد نقل عن مسؤول أميركي رفيع قوله إنه لا علم لنا في هذه المرحلة بإطلاق نار على قواعد أميركية في الأردن”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/iran/344312/صواريخ-إيرانية-تجاه-ا…
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent ترامب يلوّح بضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Alone carries the Hormuz remarks: the US controls the strait, and Trump 'claimed' there are no mines in it. Also has him saying his country is not fighting at present. No publication time on the page.
.اشترك في نشرتنا الإخبارية لتحصل على أهم و أبرز أخبار اليوم لوّح الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب، اليوم الجمعة، بشن ضربة على جبل رأس الفأس في إيران قريباً، مؤكداً أن الولايات المتحدة تراقب التحركات الإيرانية وتوجّه "ضربات قوية" إلى طهران. وقال ترامب: "قد نضرب جبل رأس الفأس في إيران قريباً"، مضيفاً أن القوات الأميركية تعرف كل تحركات إيران. وفي ما يتعلق بالتطورات العسكرية، أكد ترامب أن بلاده "لا تقاتل حالياً"، مشيراً في الوقت نفسه إلى أن الولايات المتحدة تسيطر على مضيق هرمز. وزعم الرئيس الأميركي عدم وجود أي ألغام في المضيق، في وقت يشكل أمن الممر البحري محوراً أساسياً في المواجهة بين واشنطن وطهران،
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/iran/344311/ترامب-قد-نضرب-جبل-رأس…
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A headline with nothing under it: Trump says the US controls the strait and there are 'no mines at all'. States it, names him, stops.
Who is named as acting: three assertions carried as headline fact, no body at all — “ترامب: لا نقاتل حاليًا ونتحكم في مضيق هرمز ولا توجد أي ألغام في المضيق”
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/latest-news/955946/title/ar?src=rss
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How much oil is going through Hormuz? Why data doesn't match US claims · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
The only report that counts the ships itself — Kpler's 11 on Tuesday, Lloyd's List's 12 a day, PortWatch's seven since March — and the only one to quote an Iranian official or the JMIC advisory that still rates the mine
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