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Video of eagle grabbing baby revealed to be a fake
Update: The video of the golden eagle grabbing a child has been revealed to be a hoax. More details, and video evidence, below. A YouTube video of a golden eagle swooping down and lifting a toddler off the ground in Montreal could soar to Internet stardom as the latest episode…
Pros dominate YouTube greatest hits in 2012
“Gangnam Style” topped YouTube’s list of the most attention-grabbing videos this year, as other professionally produced works outshined the amateur clips that had originally made the website famous. “Almost everything on the list this year was created by professional or creative talent for an online audience,” YouTube trends manager Kevin…
Fox News contributor ‘beat down’ at Michigan union protest
Fox News contributor and conservative comedian Steven Crowder claims he was assaulted by pro-union protesters amid a protest in Lansing, Michigan. In an interview with radio show host Dana Loesch, Crowder said the protesters “literally would have killed me where I stood if I defended myself.” He claimed the protesters…
Iran launches its own ‘YouTube’ website
Iran has launched its own video-sharing website to compete against Google’s popular YouTube whose content is deemed inappropriate by the Islamic regime, the state television reported on Sunday. The website (http://www.mehr.ir) called ‘Mehr’, meaning affection in Farsi, aims to attract Persian-speaking users and also promote Iranian culture, according to its…
Alan Simpson does the horse dance ‘Gangnam Style’ in anti-debt ad
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) has become the latest public figure to join the “Gangnam Style” dance craze. In a parody of South Korean singer Psy’s popular YouTube video, Simpson attempts several dance moves including what he calls “the lasso” and “the horseback.” The former senator is hoping to get…
Fraudster behind anti-Islam film on YouTube voices no regrets
WASHINGTON — The convicted fraudster behind an online video that outraged Muslims with its portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed as a thuggish deviant says he has no regrets, the New York Times reported Monday. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula’s crude trailer for “Innocence of Muslims” first appeared on YouTube in July, and…
Police probe French racist incident in Australia
Police Thursday were investigating a torrent of threatening and racist abuse against a French woman on a Melbourne bus that was caught on camera and went viral on YouTube. The woman and a group of friends were returning from a day at the beach when one of them began singing…
Oops: Russia bans YouTube over ‘technical mistake’
Web-surfing Russians endured a brief scare Wednesday that the authorities had blocked YouTube after the video-sharing website appeared on a list of banned addresses, in what officials later called a “technical mistake”. The new registry of blacklisted websites introduced this month showed the website youtube.com as having been added there…
Sheryl Crow: Female president should come with ‘a shovel and high heels’
Sheryl Crow recorded a new song that is free to download — but you might want to preview the track before writing it onto your hard drive. The song, “Woman in the White House,” is available for download, and you can also hear it on YouTube. According to Crow, singing…
Times Square eerily vacant as Hurricane Sandy hits east coast
Amateur video uploaded to YouTube on Monday night showed a nearly empty Times Square — a rare sight in an area of New York City that is almost always jammed full of cars and people. The brightly-lit area is a major hub for the entertainment industry and a frequent destination…
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