Thursday, May 7, 2009

White House reporters stand for Obama but not for Bush?



Politico writer Patrick Gavin has gotten a lot of mileage from his YouTube video showing how the White House press corps reacts to presidential drop-ins at the White House's James S. Brady Briefing Room. I find it humorous that reporters with mainstream media outlets feign objectivity when they clearly love Barack Obama and hated George W. Bush.
Here's Gavin's original post.
And here's a rebuttal by John Dickerson, Slate's chief political correspondent.
Video posted to YouTube on May 2, 2009.
Suggested rating: G

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Jimmy Kimmel Tests New Toys on Kids



Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," recently did a funny bit where he had kids test some truly terrible toys to get their reactions.
Aired April 2009.
Suggested rating: G

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Weatherman Fail


I just wrote about Fail Blog yesterday on Tech-Media-Tainment.
Here's another video gem from that Web site, which it posted on YouTube. It's of a weatherman with a flatulence problem.
Posted April 13, 2009.
Suggested rating: PG

Construction sign warns of zombies



I'm posting this local TV news segment on hacked electronic road signs in Austin, Texas, as a companion piece to a post on Tech-Media-Tainment about "creative vandalism."
Posted to YouTube on Jan. 29, 2009.
Suggested rating: G