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Bull bison charges Yellowstone tourist, flipping him into the air ⁠73%

7/13/2026, 11:42:21 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 42.7% saturation with 122 hits. Analysis detected 732 faulty-reasoning hits from 286 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 65.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠73% (5,906 of 21,886 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 73.00% of the video peer group.

Down, bison! 
>> Tonight, an eyewitness sharing new details about the lead-up to this terrifying moment. 
A Yellowstone bison charging a 65-year-old man and his grandson, flipping the man into the air. 
>> I was scared to be watching something like that happen firsthand. 
>> Emilie Abrahamson says moments before the agitated animal had settled onto the ground near their campsite. 
>> This bison is pissed off. 
>> The two take pictures, then the bison begins rolling in the dust before getting up and seeming to target this truck. 
A rapid charge. 
Both tried to run and hide with the bison chasing the man around a group of trees, stopping to trash one around before it catches up. 
The massive animal tossing the man several feet. 
>> It was terrifying. 
When the bison jumped up, it looked like it ran after the man and the kid. 
And we could see the bushes shaking. 
>> The man's family says he underwent surgery and is on the mend, telling us the grandson is also okay. 
>> Everyone, it's a bison! 
>> Photographer Mike McCloud captured the animal's powerful charge. 
>> It was like watching a bulldozer move out at 45 mph. 
It was It was breathtaking. 
>> And while there's no indication anyone did anything wrong, a reminder to use caution as you enjoy the beauty of our parks. 
>> It doesn't doesn't take but a second for a wild animal to change their mind. 
>> Camille Bernal, NBC News. 
>> We thank you for watching and remember stay updated on breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or watch live on our YouTube channel. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%NBC News: 2.1%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 29.4%NBC News: 2.9%Availability Heuristic29.4%This article: 4.2%NBC News: 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic4.2%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 24.5%NBC News: 6.4%Framing Effect24.5%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.8%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.2%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 42.7%NBC News: 7.0%Negativity Bias42.7%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.2%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 13.3%NBC News: 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error13.3%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.5%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 4.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 9.8%NBC News: 0.5%Primacy Effect9.8%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 3.1%NBC News: 3.2%Appeal to Authority3.1%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.2%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 11.2%NBC News: 3.2%Hasty Generalization11.2%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 9.8%NBC News: 0.7%Bandwagon9.8%This article: 26.6%NBC News: 4.9%Appeal to Emotion26.6%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 28.3%NBC News: 1.5%Anecdotal28.3%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.9%NBC News: 1.8%Unattributed Quote5.9%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 1.3%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 29.4%NBC News: 4.1%Biased Writer Voice29.4%This article: 8.0%NBC News: 1.1%Indoctrination8.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%NBC News: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 9.8%NBC News: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S
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286 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers18%attributed speech235writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice ‱ 10 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 2 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 14 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 16 words ‱ 100.0% coverageEmilie Abrahamson ‱ 12 words ‱ 0.0% coverageEmilie Abrahamson ‱ 17 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 6 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 22 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 3 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 26 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 8 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 4 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 16 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 7 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 20 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 5 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 9 words ‱ 0.0% coverageMike McCloud ‱ 12 words ‱ 0.0% coverageMike McCloud ‱ 5 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 23 words ‱ 100.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 16 words ‱ 0.0% coverageCamille Bernal ‱ 5 words ‱ 0.0% coverageWriter's voice ‱ 28 words ‱ 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Emilie Abrahamson

100%flagged-word coverage
29 attributed words57% of attributed speech91% writer coverage
0%20.0%40.0%Biased Writer Voice-35.7 ptsWriter: 35.7%Emilie Abrahamson: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -11.9 ptsWriter: 11.9%Emilie Abrahamson: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-9.8 ptsWriter: 9.8%Emilie Abrahamson: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-7.2 ptsWriter: 7.2%Emilie Abrahamson: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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