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Enough Already With the Going-Viral Craze
Enough Already With
the Going-Viral Craze
OPINION
May 21, 2011 3:35 PM CDT

Enough Already With the Going-Viral Craze

It's 'calculated and intrusive': Mary Elizabeth Williams

(Newser) - More than 9 million people have now watched the "greatest proposal ever" on YouTube. All the best, kids, writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon . But, please, let's give a rest to this got-to-go-viral craze. Stuff like this—along with flash mobs and insta-musicals—used to be fresh and...

'Greatest Proposal Ever' Goes Viral

Cinematic proposal sweeps YouTube

(Newser) - Bad news, boys. A Georgia man has set the "unique wedding proposal" bar very, very high. In a video that has received more than 5 million hits on YouTube in a matter of days, Ginny Joiner sits in a movie theater watching what she thought was a pre-film trailer...

House Candidate: Vote for Me ... My Wife Is Korean!

So vote for Dan Adler, because 'we minorities should stick together'

(Newser) - Dan Adler is campaigning for Jane Harman 's vacated House seat, and the California Democrat has an odd, possibly offensive reason certain people should vote for him: His wife is Korean! Oh, and he himself is Jewish, and as his odd campaign ad states, "We minorities should stick...

Minn. Rep's Passionate Gay Marriage Defense Goes Viral

How many must God create before we accept them, Steve Simon wonders

(Newser) - A Minnesota lawmaker is a hero to some after his passionate defense of gay marriage went viral. Rep. Steve Simon asked lawmakers not to put a ban on gay marriage, which is already outlawed in Minnesota, in the state Constitution. After quoting a clergy member who testified that sexual orientation...

Prince William, Kate Middleton Dance Down the Aisle in T-Mobile's Royal Wedding-Inspired Ad
 Wills, Kate Dance 
 Down the Aisle 
viral videos
Apr 18, 2011 9:07 AM CDT

Wills, Kate Dance Down the Aisle

T-Mobile ad is closing in on 5M views

(Newser) - Just because he's royalty doesn't mean Prince William wants to be left out of the viral wedding video craze. AdWeek points to a new ad from T-Mobile imagining a royal wedding complete with Wills, bride-to-be Kate Middleton, Charles and Camila, the Queen, Prince Harry, and a variety of...

Oregon Legislators Rickroll Colleagues
 Oregon 
 Legislators 
 Rickroll 
 Colleagues 
in case you missed it
Apr 16, 2011 6:34 AM CDT

Oregon Legislators Rickroll Colleagues

April Fool's Day prank goes viral

(Newser) - From Oregon, a lesson in April Fool's Day pranks, viral videos ... and bipartisanship: A group of 12 state lawmakers managed to "Rickroll" their colleagues last year, by slipping the lyrics to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" into speeches they made on the House floor....

Vaclav Klaus: Pen-Stealing Czech President Might Have Purloined in the Past
Why Mr. President,
'You Have Taken My Gloves!' 
KLEPTO KLAUS?
Apr 14, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Why Mr. President, 'You Have Taken My Gloves!'

Pen-swiping might not have been Czech prez's first time

(Newser) - When Czech President Vaclav Klaus got caught not-so-subtly purloining a fancy pen from Sebastian Pinera, it looks like it wasn't an isolated incident. Klaus dismissed the thievery, saying, "All I have to say is, it is not a pen but just a stylus," and added that he swipes...

Czech Prez Pilfers Pen, Becomes YouTube Hit

Crafty Klaus pockets pen on Chilean visit

(Newser) - Guests of the Chilean president are free to take ceremonial pens, a spokesman says, although you wouldn't know it from Czech President Vaclav Klaus' behavior in a video that has become a YouTube sensation. As President Sebastian Pinera speaks, Klaus craftily removes the pen from its case, moves his hands...

Driverless Tractor Set Loose in Walmart Lot

Video is sure to go viral, Mashable notes

(Newser) - Mashable points to the latest sure-to-go-viral video: A driverless tractor running loose in a Walmart parking lot, wreaking exactly the type of havoc you’d expect. The video, from a Canadian store, does show how the tractor is eventually stopped. On Mashable, Charlie White has to wonder “why...

UCLA Student Who Posted Asian Rant Leaving School

Alexandra Wallace apologizes, says she's gotten death threats

(Newser) - A UCLA student fears for her safety and has decided to leave school after posting the now infamous "Asians in the Library" video, the Los Angeles Times reports. ( Click to see the video, which quickly went viral.) Alexandra Wallace's inflammatory remarks about Asian students—at one point...

YouTube Fans Drool Over Foodie Pig-Outs

Epic Meal Time combines passion, gluttony, and lots of fat

(Newser) - Combine a moody chef angrily defying every health rule on the books, a cholesterol fest of cheese and fatty meats, and a disgusting eat-a-thon of greasy concoctions. What do you have? A YouTube hit series, of course. Bad boy chef Harley Morenstein hurls packages of bacon and ham into his...

UCLA Student's Anti-Asian Rant Goes Viral

Yes, it even mentions the tsunami

(Newser) - In a video that Gawker and Jezebel call racist and a UCLA spokesperson calls “repugnant,” a woman who claims to be a UCLA student rants about Asian students and their lack of “manners” while using the library. In one charming moment, she impersonates an Asian student talking...

Jen Aniston's Sex Tape? Just Jennifer Aniston's Smart Water Ad (Video)
 Look, a Jen Aniston 'Sex Tape' 
Mar 8, 2011 9:11 AM CST

Look, a Jen Aniston 'Sex Tape'

Ad for Smart Water really, really wants to go viral

(Newser) - A kid lip-syncing to "Like a G6," dozens of puppies, a guy crying about a double rainbow, another guy getting kicked in the crotch, babies dancing … dirty dancing. Jennifer Aniston’s new ad for Smart Water has all the makings of a viral video, but none so...

Noy Alooshe: Gadhafi Spoof Video Goes Viral
 YouTube 
 Spoof on 
 Gadhafi 
 Goes Viral 
ZENGA-ZENGA
Feb 27, 2011 1:21 PM CST

YouTube Spoof on Gadhafi Goes Viral

Israeli journalist Noy Alooshe has some fun with dictator's speech

(Newser) - Of the many people who watched Moammar Gadhafi's speech last Tuesday and thought, "Man, that guy is batspit crazy," only one went to his computer, set it to an electro hip-hop song and gyrating half-naked women, and posted it to YouTube for what he calls an "instant...

YouTube Prank Has Singer Facing Prison

He made it appear as if he were singing a raunchy song to kids

(Newser) - A 21-year-old singer-songwriter apparently thought a viral video could bring attention to his fledgling career. But Michigan's Evan Emory got more notoriety than he anticipated: His joke-gone-wrong has left him charged with "manufacturing child sexual abusive material," a felony that carries a 20-year sentence. Emory's gag was to...

Airport Won't Let Man With 'Golden Voice' Go Home

Newly famous for his radio voice, Ted Williams still stuck in Ohio

(Newser) - Ted Williams, the homeless man with the incredible radio voice, may have job offers pouring in—but he can’t make it home to see his mom. Williams, 53, has been living in Ohio; after finding fame on the Internet , he planned to fly back to his childhood home in...

Homeless Man's Radio Voice Lands Job Offers

Ted Williams used to work in radio, apparently will do so again

(Newser) - The viral video of the day has a great ending. A Columbus Dispatch videographer interviewed a 53-year-old homeless man named Ted Williams whose sign asking for money promised that he had a "God-given gift of voice." (Not as a singer, but a radio pitchman.) The resulting YouTube...

Gay Teen Jumps to Suspended Teacher's Defense

In viral video, Graeme Taylor cites suicide attempt at age 9

(Newser) - Video of a 14-year-old student’s incredibly eloquent defense of a suspended Michigan teacher is making waves on the web, the Detroit Free Press reports. The clip shows Graeme Taylor speaking at a school board meeting about his experience as a 9-year-old driven to a suicide attempt by bullying. Taylor...

Woman Wins Wheel With Single Letter

'Super competitive' contestant wows host Sajak

(Newser) - A Wheel of Fortune contestant put one letter on the board—then correctly guessed the entire puzzle, reports Huffington Post. Caitlin Burke of New Jersey won a trip to the Caribbean for figuring out the (oh-so-appropriate) phrase, “I’ve got a good feeling about this,” with the letter...

Meg Whitman Twitter Fail Sends Backers to Odd Video

Typo leads Twitter followers to tutu-wearing bassist

(Newser) - A tutu-wearing Japanese man who plays bass guitar in his bedroom has won the break of a lifetime, courtesy of the Meg Whitman campaign. A spokeswoman for the California GOP candidate made a typo when trying to tweet a link to a Whitman endorsement, and sent followers instead to a...

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