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Shargh: the strait stays shut 'until Trump and Netanyahu are brought down'. Der Standard: oil is being routed through it in a 'US-backed diversion'

Six reports on the Strait of Hormuz, published within 30 minutes of each other on 17 September, describe a blockade, a bargain, a bypass and a market reprieve. Deník N has Czech pumps heading for the most expensive in the country's history; Reuters has oil easing and Wall Street climbing. Not one of the six gives a price per barrel.

No photograph was published with any report we hold on this story.
No photograph was published with any report we hold on this story. The mark is Shargh’s.
Geopolitics & international affairs Iran Saudi Arabia Oman United States

One waterway, four descriptions. The six reports this desk holds were published within 30 minutes of each other on 17 September. They do not describe the same strait.

Outlet What the strait is Sourced?
Shargh (Iran) shut "until Trump and Netanyahu are brought down" named adviser to Iran's leader
Shargh (Iran) governed by an Iran–Oman understanding, live only if Washington meets "seven conditions" named Iranian negotiator
Deník N (Czechia) a "blockade" pushing Czech pumps toward record prices stated flat, no source
Der Standard (Austria) a "US-backed diversion" for oil, after a pipeline was blown up stated flat, no source
Al Jazeera English (Qatar) backdrop to "rising global oil prices" stated in passing
Reuters (US) oil "easing", a reprieve for Wall Street stated flat

Nobody closes it. Two reports name who is keeping the strait shut, and both do it in the words of Iranian officials. Two others carry the blockade, the drone strikes on Saudi pipelines and the blown-up pipeline as things that simply happened, with no one named as doing them. None of the six quotes a named Saudi, American or Omani official.

What is not settled. Whether the strait is closed at all: a blockade and a diversion of Saudi crude through it cannot both be true as written. Who destroyed the pipeline. What the seven conditions are. And whether oil is rising or easing — two reports say rising, one says easing, and not one of the six gives a price per barrel.

What this is about. A single sea passage that most of the Gulf's oil has to cross, and four accounts that cannot all be true of whether it is open.

How it got here. The Strait of Hormuz is the only sea route between the Persian Gulf and the open ocean. Iran holds the northern shore; Oman's Musandam peninsula and the United Arab Emirates hold the southern side. Oil loaded in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the Emirates and Iran leaves that way, which is why a disruption there reaches a filling station in central Europe within days. It has been a pressure point for decades: Iran and Iraq attacked each other's tankers in the Gulf through the 1980s, and Iranian commanders have raised closing the strait whenever Iran is under sanctions — during the 2011–12 standoff over its nuclear programme, and again after the United States left the 2015 nuclear agreement in May 2018. Saudi Arabia built cross-country pipelines to the Red Sea precisely so its crude would not have to pass Hormuz, which is why a blown-up pipeline and a rerouting through the strait belong to one story.

Who is in it. Iran, which the two Persian-language reports present as holding the strait shut and setting terms for reopening. The United States under Donald Trump, named as the party Iran wants conditions from and, in the Austrian report, as backing the diversion. Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu, named only inside the Iranian adviser's demand. Saudi Arabia, whose shipments to Europe the Austrian report says have stopped. Oman, which owns the far shore and has been the quiet channel between Washington and Tehran for years — the "Oman understanding" the Iranian reports refer to. And Europe, which buys.

What is at stake. If the strait stays shut, the price of oil and the inflation built on it move with it. If it opens on Iran's stated terms, Tehran will have shown it can price American policy.

Where it stands. The reports we hold do not say when the strait closed, who closed it, who destroyed the pipeline, or what the seven conditions contain.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the Strait of Hormuz is closed, and what 'closed' means in each report
  • Iran's stated terms for reopening it, and the Iran–Oman understanding behind them
  • The halt to Saudi oil shipments to Europe and the rerouting through the strait
  • Oil prices: record pump prices in one report, easing prices in another, the same afternoon
The same strait, on the same afternoonSide by side
OutletWhat it calls the straitAttributed to
Shargh (Iran)Shut, and not to be opened "until Trump and Netanyahu are brought down" — "the first stage of the Iranian nation's revenge"A named political adviser to Iran's leader
Shargh (Iran)Covered by an Iran–Oman understanding that is implemented only if Washington acts on Tehran's seven conditionsSaeed Ajorlou, of the media committee of the talks
Deník N (Czechia)A "blockade of the key Strait of Hormuz", one cause of Czech pumps heading for record pricesNo one — stated flat
Der Standard (Austria)A "US-backed diversion" that "carries dangers", after a blown-up pipeline ended Saudi supply to EuropeNo one — stated flat
Al Jazeera English (Qatar)Unnamed backdrop: "rising global oil prices and inflation"No one — stated in passing
Reuters (US)Unnamed: oil prices easing, Treasury yields dipping, Wall Street reboundingNo one — stated flat
What each report calls the Strait of Hormuz, and whether the description is attributed to anyone.
Sources Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آجرلو: اجرای تفاهم عمان درباره تنگه هرمز به عمل به ۷ شرط ایران بستگی دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 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 Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates? 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 → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Wall St climbs as easing oil prices offer reprieve after Fed rate hike · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Thirty minutes, six accountsTimeline
  1. Thu 17 Sep 202613:50 published time on the report Shargh reports a negotiator saying the Iran–Oman understanding on the strait depends on Washington acting 7 Iranian conditionsthe conditions themselves are not listed
  2. Thu 17 Sep 202613:54 published time on the report An adviser to Iran's leader, in Shargh says the strait will not be opened until Trump and Netanyahu are brought down —called "the first stage of the Iranian nation's revenge"
  3. Thu 17 Sep 202613:57 published time on the report Der Standard reports Saudi Arabia ending oil supply to Europe after a pipeline was blown up, and a US-backed diversion through Hormuz —no attacker named; no other report we hold carries the halt
  4. Thu 17 Sep 202614:08 published time on the report Deník N reports Czech fuel heading for the most expensive in the country's history, citing a blockade of the strait —no price given
  5. Thu 17 Sep 202614:10 published time on the report Al Jazeera English reports Iran's parliament speaker mocking US interest rates amid rising global oil prices —rising prices stated in passing
  6. Thu 17 Sep 202614:20 published time on the report Reuters reports oil prices easing and Wall Street rebounding after the Fed's first rate rise in years —12 minutes after the record-pump-price report
Publication times as printed on the reports, in UTC. Nothing here is a timeline of the events themselves — none of the six reports dates the closure, the pipeline attack or the halt to Saudi shipments.
Sources Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آجرلو: اجرای تفاهم عمان درباره تنگه هرمز به عمل به ۷ شرط ایران بستگی دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 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 Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates? 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 → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Wall St climbs as easing oil prices offer reprieve after Fed rate hike · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

The strait is shut and nobody shuts it

Two reports name who is keeping the strait closed, and both do it in the words of Iranian officials. Two others carry the blockade, the drone strikes and a blown-up pipeline as things that simply happened, with no actor in any of the sentences. No report we hold on this event quotes a named Saudi, Gulf or American official.

2 reports that name who is keeping the strait shut 2 reports describing the blockade with nobody named as closing it 3 reports whose only named speakers are Iranian officials 0 reports quoting a named Saudi, Gulf or US official

Oil is at a record, or easing, on the same afternoon

Within fourteen minutes, one report has fuel heading for the most expensive in its country's history and another has oil prices easing enough to lift Wall Street. Neither gives a barrel price, so the two cannot be reconciled from what is published. The only figures anywhere in the set are an interest rate and a pump price, not a volume of oil.

2 reports saying oil prices are rising 1 reports saying oil prices are easing 0 reports giving a price per barrel 6 reports the desk holds on the strait
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آجرلو: اجرای تفاهم عمان درباره تنگه هرمز به عمل به ۷ شرط ایران بستگی دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 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 Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates? 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 → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Wall St climbs as easing oil prices offer reprieve after Fed rate hike · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

disputed The Strait of Hormuz is currently closed to shipping.
Deník N states flatly that a blockade of the strait is one cause of record Czech fuel prices, and Shargh quotes an adviser to Iran's leader saying the strait will not be opened until Trump and Netanyahu fall; Der Standard, in the same hours, describes a US-backed rerouting of Saudi oil through Hormuz, which a closed strait would not permit.
Checked against 3 sources:
Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Saudi Arabia has stopped shipping oil to Europe after a pipeline was blown up.
Der Standard is the only report we hold that carries the halt to Europe; Deník N mentions drone attacks on Saudi pipelines and destroyed Gulf refineries but not a suspension of deliveries, and no other report we hold mentions it.
Checked against 2 sources:
Der Standard
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Oil prices are rising.
Deník N and Al Jazeera both write of rising oil prices feeding inflation and record pump prices, while Reuters reports oil prices easing and giving Wall Street a reprieve — all three published within roughly fifteen minutes of each other.
Checked against 3 sources:
Deník N
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 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 Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates? 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 → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Wall St climbs as easing oil prices offer reprieve after Fed rate hike · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

U Usaid Siddiqui Al Jazeera English
What the bias passes found in their reporting
No actor named the ship attacks have no attacker named×1
No actor named The attacks are 'escalating', but no attacker is named.×1
Stated flat says oil flows have recovered, with no source named×1
What others omit leads with the recovery in crude flows and does not mention the strikes×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified1 true
From 25 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 →
D Dominika Píhová Deník N
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source×1
Stated flat, no source Washington's refusal and its reasoning are asserted in the reporter's voice×1
Who is named as acting blockade and destruction carried with no actor named×1
Who is named as acting blockade, drone strikes and wrecked refineries are all stated flat with nobody named as doing any of them×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed2 unverified
From 22 reports we hold under this byline, at Deník N. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jan Úšela Deník N
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Who is named as acting blockade and destruction carried with no actor named×1
Who is named as acting blockade, drone strikes and wrecked refineries are all stated flat with nobody named as doing any of them×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed1 unverified
From 32 reports we hold under this byline, at Deník N. 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. · 4 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent Wall St climbs as easing oil prices offer reprieve after Fed rate hike · no time published Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Reuters → What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report in which oil prices fall: easing oil and dipping Treasury yields give Wall Street a reprieve after the Fed's first rate rise in years.
Which measure was chosen: the strait is measured only as a share price and a yield; oil appears as a reprieve for Wall Street — “Wall St rebounds after Fed's first rate hike in years as oil, Treasury yields dip”
Which measure was chosen: the strait is measured as a share index and a yield, with no place and no person in it — “Wall St rebounds after Fed's first rate hike in years as oil, Treasury yields dip”
Read it at Reuters → https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-st-futures-rise-fed-rate-hike-lif…
Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates? 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 in which an Iranian official turns the oil price back on Washington: parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocks US interest rates, citing the Taylor equation, against rising global oil prices and
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Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/17/ghalibafs-maths-missile-at-tru…
Deník N
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Deník N 🇨🇿CZ · newspaper · independent Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Deník N → What we have measured Actor named The headline names speculators as the actors who evicted a grandmother, stated flat. ×1Asserted, and a government judged A wave of Russian state terrorism is stated as fact and Germany is rated on its response; the piece is labelled a comment ×1Asserted, not attributed Washington's refusal and its reasoning stated flat, with no source ×1Assessment stated flat Says in its own voice, with no source, that Russian air defence worked well. ×1 from 1266 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that prices the strait at a filling station: Czech fuel may soon be the most expensive in the country's history, which it attributes to a blockade of Hormuz, drone attacks on Saudi pipelines and
17. září 2026 16:08 Americko-íránský konfliktBlízký východDonald TrumpEnergetika Krize na Blízkém východě tlačí české pumpy k rekordním cenám Jan Úšela OdebíratDominika Píhová Odebírat Ceny paliv se mohou dostat na historické maximum. Foto: ČTK Tankování pohonných hmot v Česku může už brzy být nejdražší v historii. Blokáda klíčového Hormuzského průlivu, dronové útoky na saúdské ropovody i zničené rafinerie v Perském zálivu a Rusku způsobily celosvětový otřes a šponují ceny i u tuzemských čerpacích stanic. Více o poslechu Deníku N V úterý Hormuzským průlivem propluly jen čtyři lodě, před americ
Who is named as acting: blockade, drone strikes and wrecked refineries are all stated flat with nobody named as doing any of them — “Blokáda klíčového Hormuzského průlivu, dronové útoky na saúdské ropovody i zničené rafinerie v Perském zálivu a Rusku způsobily celosvětový otřes”
Who is named as acting: blockade and destruction carried with no actor named — “Blokáda klíčového Hormuzského průlivu, dronové útoky na saúdské ropovody i zničené rafinerie v Perském zálivu a Rusku způsobily celosvětový otřes”
Read it at Deník N → https://denikn.cz/2186609/krize-na-blizkem-vychode-tlaci-ceske-pumpy-k-…
Der Standard
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Der Standard 🇦🇹AT · newspaper · independent Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Der Standard → What we have measured Actor named NATO is named as acting; it 'foiled' the manoeuvre ×1Actor named dead uncounted The US is named as the attacker and stated flat, but the dead schoolchildren are neither counted nor named ×1Actors left unnamed the three requesting states are counted, never named ×1Aim attributed and quoted the stated aim is in quotation marks and marked as the service's account ×1 from 7330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that has Saudi Arabia halting oil to Europe after a pipeline was blown up — and the only one describing traffic through Hormuz as a US-backed diversion, which it calls dangerous without saying who says
Rohöl Lieferstopp beim Öl: Saudi-Arabien stoppt Schiffe nach Europa Wegen der gesprengten Pipeline in Saudi-Arabien beendet das Land vorerst die Öl-Versorgung nach Europa. Eine US-gestützte Umleitung über die Straße von Hormus-Straße birgt Gefahren Der US-Energieminister Chris Wright rechnet mit Tagen, unabhängige Experten gehen von Wochen bis Monaten aus, bis die Ost-West-Pipeline in Saudi-Arabien wieder funktioniert. via REUTERS/VANTOR Nach der Sperre der Straße von Hormus wurde ein Teil des vormals verschifften Öls auf Pipelines verlagert. Der Angriff auf die saudi-arabische Ost-West-Pipeli
Who is named as acting: the pipeline is blown up in a participle with no actor; only Saudi Arabia is named, and only for stopping supply — “Wegen der gesprengten Pipeline in Saudi-Arabien beendet das Land vorerst die Öl-Versorgung nach Europa.”
Stated or hedged: the danger of the US-backed rerouting is asserted flat, with no source and no description of the risk — “Eine US-gestützte Umleitung über die Straße von Hormus-Straße birgt Gefahren”
Who is named as acting: the pipeline is blown up by nobody; Saudi Arabia acts only to stop supply — “Wegen der gesprengten Pipeline in Saudi-Arabien beendet das Land vorerst die Öl-Versorgung nach Europa.”
Asserted not attributed: the danger of the US-backed rerouting is stated flat, sourced to no one — “Eine US-gestützte Umleitung über die Straße von Hormus-Straße birgt Gefahren”
Read it at Der Standard → https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000340191/lieferstopp-beim-oel-sau…
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that names a condition for reopening: a political adviser to Iran's leader says the strait will not be opened "until Trump and Netanyahu are brought down", and calls that "the first stage of the Iranian
سیاست ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۲۴ مشاور رهبر انقلاب: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود مشاور سیاسی رهبر معظم انقلاب در پیامی تاکید کرد: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود و این اولین مرحله انتقام ملت ایران است. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، مشاور سیاسی رهبر معظم انقلاب در پیامی تاکید کرد: تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود و این اولین مرحله انتقام ملت ایران است. در پیام محمدباقر ذوالقدر مشاور سیاسی رهبر معظم انقلاب به مناسبت حضور مردم در خیابان‌ها آمده است: ۲۰۰ شبانه روز ایستادگی و پایداری ملتی که پنجاه سال پنجه در پنجه استکبار
Who is named as acting: Iran is named as the actor holding the strait shut, and the closure is stated as its own policy rather than as a claim — “تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود”
Whose voice is quoted: an Iranian adviser speaks in the first person and the closure is framed as revenge — “تا به زیر کشیدن ترامپ و نتانیاهو، تنگه هرمز را نخواهیم گشود و این اولین مرحله انتقام ملت ایران است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1128691
Shargh
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Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent آجرلو: اجرای تفاهم عمان درباره تنگه هرمز به عمل به ۷ شرط ایران بستگی دارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that puts a negotiation behind the closure: Saeed Ajorlou, of the media committee of the talks, says Washington is asking for renewed talks to reduce pressure, and that an Iran–Oman understanding on the
سیاست ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۲۰ آجرلو: اجرای تفاهم عمان درباره تنگه هرمز به عمل به ۷ شرط ایران بستگی دارد سعید آجورلو عضو کمیته رسانه‌ای مذاکرات نوشت: آمریکا برای کاهش فشار از مذاکره مجدد می‌گوید. سخن ایران مشخص است؛ به هفت شرط مورد نظر تهران عمل کنند تا تفاهم عمان- ایران درباره تنگه اجرایی شود. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، سعید آجورلو عضو کمیته رسانه‌ای مذاکرات نوشت: آمریکا برای کاهش فشار از مذاکره مجدد می‌گوید. سخن ایران مشخص است؛ به هفت شرط مورد نظر تهران عمل کنند تا تفاهم عمان- ایران درباره تنگه اجرایی شود. منبع: مهر برای اطلاع از آخرین اخبار و تحلیل‌ها به کانال شرق در «تلگرام» بپیوندید. ایران و
Whose account is the default: the talks are described from Tehran's side only — Washington is said to be seeking relief, and the conditions are Iran's — “آمریکا برای کاهش فشار از مذاکره مجدد می‌گوید.”
Whose voice is quoted: a named negotiator is quoted making Washington the party seeking talks — “آمریکا برای کاهش فشار از مذاکره مجدد می‌گوید”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1128682
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International Criminal Court
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UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 440 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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International Court of Justice
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