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Dancing Bear-Gate Strikes The Washington Post
By Paul Wachter - AOL NewsANALYSIS (Nov. 3) -- The Washington Post has a long and storied tradition of groundbreaking journalism, the pinnacle of which still arguably remains the Watergate investigation. As recently as Monday, staff writer Andrew Higgins produced a great story on U.S. military contracts to shady operators in Kyrgyzstan. Unfortunately, Higgins story didn't go far enough to remove the self-administered taint on the Post that came a couple of weeks ago, when it posted prominently a video of dancing bears on its website. The segment was introduced by a new hire who's supposed to promote the paper's ...
Sean Bielat's Barney Shuffle Attack Ad Goes Viral
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 22) -- With some deliberately crude animation and a kitschy soundtrack, Sean Bielat is bringing new meaning to the phrase "dancing around the issues." The Republic challenger for Barney Frank's Massachusetts 4th Congressional District seat recently released a risky campaign advertisement featuring the 70-year-old Frank strutting his stuff on the dance floor. Although Bielat realizes that the ad may backfire for his campaign, he's willing to take the risk on the basis that "at least it's not boring." This is certainly true. And without further ado, Surge Desk presents the Barney ...
Dangerous Descent Into Active Volcano Caught on Camera [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- Into the volcano, cameras rolling. That's the position that volcanologist Geoff Mackley and his crew of filmmakers were in when they descended into the heart of Ambrym Island's Marum Volcano last month, capturing mind-boggling footage of Mackley's proximity to the boiling lava. "A lot of people might think that I'm crazy," Mackley told NBC's "Today" show, "but I've been doing this a long time and I'm still alive." So what is the sensation of getting so close to a volcano's churning magma? PRODUCTION PLAYER! DO NOT DELETE. "It's very hard to describe ...
'Dry Erase Girl' Not Ready to Quit Her Day Job
By Billy Baker - AOL News(Aug. 22) -- In the past the overnight success stories that Hollywood loves so much were of course not actually overnight. The road from "discovered" to "beloved" took months, what with the time required to actually produce a movie or television show. But the Internet has changed that. And rarely has one been so dramatic and so sudden as the story of Dry Erase Girl. Last week, Elyse Porterfield was just, well, Elyse Porterfield. Then she became "Jenny." Then she became, literally overnight, one of the most talked-about actresses in L.A. On August 10, the website chive.com posted a series of ...
Patrick Boivin: Master of the Viral Video
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News(July 27) -- It begins -- as so many stories do -- with three ninjas fighting over a cell phone. The phone was the Google Nexus One, and the ninjas were performing the most awesome unboxing ceremony in history. While most companies are content to let the usual glut of bloggers perform their breathless and painstaking review of each new tech toy, the ninjas attacked the offending Nexus One box with an explosive display of acrobatic attacks, eventually using their swords to reduce the box to a defeated pile of cardboard scraps. From the heap, the ninjas delicately removed the accessories, ...
Viral Video: Okinawa Dolphin Leaps From Tank
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(July 12) -- Visitors to Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium got their money's worth last week when they witnessed a female dolphin named Kuru take a valiant leap over the edge of a viewing tank during a performance. The spectacle was captured on camera by an American tourist who forwarded the footage to Ric O'Barry, a former trainer for the "Flipper" television series who now makes his living by setting captive animals free. O'Barry then sent the video to The Associated Press. Since the footage surfaced, the dolphin's intent has become a subject of debate. O'Barry says that by leaping out ...
This Week's Worst (and Best) Performances
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 18) -- Summer is about to begin, and if recent news stories are any indication, it's going to be a long, hot one filled with viral videos, apologies and an unstoppable torrent of talk about the BP oil disaster. Those familiar themes ran together over and over again this week in on-camera performances by a variety of public figures. Let's review some of the sorriest. Rep. Bob 'Who Are You?' Etheridge North Carolina Democrat Bob Etheridge started the week by apologizing for roughing up a mysterious guy who approached him on a Washington street. A video of the incident -- shot by two ...
Caught on Camera: A Week of Eye-Opening Videos
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(June 11) -- "God, what is that hair? Sooo yesterday." That's not a Lindsay Lohan line from "Mean Girls." Carly Fiorina said it hours after winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in California. Her target was Democratic incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer. And the reason everyone knows about it now is that Fiorina said it with a TV camera pointed at her. And she's not alone. This was a week loaded with unscripted videos that made news. Some are serious, some are trivial, but they are all memorable in their own way. Pundits pounced on Fiorina's catty remark, one of several she made while ...
'Is Obama Wright?' - New Viral Video
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyThe latest web-video focusing on Barack Obama, has quickly been dismissed by Obamanaics simply as being "Swift Boating" (that illusionary term describing an effective and creditable attack). Watch and see why this video is becoming a viral problem for the Obama campaign. ...
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