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Oil price tops $100 a barrel after peace talks fail and Trump orders blockade

theguardian.comApril 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM0 views
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Selective Omission

How They Deceive You

Propaganda

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Heavily misleading through blockade exaggeration, causal sequencing blaming Trump, source stacking on risk, and omissions of Iran's intransigence and prior actions.

Main Device

Selective Omission

Omits US demand for Iran's no-nuclear commitment, Iran's maximalist demands and prior Hormuz disruptions, and the blockade's limitation to Iranian vessels only.

Archetype

Globalist anti-Trump alarmist

Frames Trump as reckless escalator risking worldwide poverty and inflation, leaning on UN reports and risk-focused analysts while soft-pedaling Iran's role.

Deceives by exaggerating Trump's blockade as strait-wide chaos spiking oil to $100 and causing poverty, omitting Iran's nuclear refusal and prior disruptions.

Writer's Worldview

Globalist anti-Trump alarmist

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