Creators of viral eagle video admit hoax (with video)
December 20, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The creators of a video purporting to show an eagle swooping down and snatching a toddler from a Montreal park admitted Thursday that it was all a hoax. Continue Reading
GOP YouTube ad against Varilek gets more than 100,000 hits.
When people find out you have two gay moms, they pretty much all ask the same questions about it, said Zach Wahls, a former university student who became famous overnight because of a three-minute YouTube video in which he spoke against a gay marriage ban.
On Tuesday, teens and their parents could view the second segment of his weekly video called “Jonah Mowry Advice.” Mowry, 14, tackles the subject of depression.
Kansas college student produces ‘I’m Farming and I Grow It’ to parody club hit ‘I’m Sexy and I Know It.’
Kansas State University student Greg Peterson and some friends were unwinding at a drive-in restaurant when LMFAO’s song “Sexy and I Know It” came on the radio. He groaned. But as the chorus droned on, the 21-year-old found inspiration. He switched “sexy” to “farming” as he began rapping. It would be fun, he thought, to do a video parody with his brothers when he returned home to the family farm in central Kansas.
Hoping to capitalize on social media to prevent crime and keep the community informed, the Grand Forks Police Department has established its own YouTube channel. Plans for the channel, which will be operated by the department’s community resource bureau, started about a month ago.
The Web show, whose initials are recognizable as “In My Opinion” to those fluent in messaging shorthand, deals with dating, texting faux pas and other pressing topics relevant to teens and tweens. Its hosts are nearly as well known to these young viewers as ABC’s Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg are to an older generation.
After years of seeing video capture officers in a bad light, police departments nationwide are trying to use the medium to their advantage.
Washington artist Gregg Thompson uses YouTube to document his adventures in his new home of Williston. The raw video clips peppered with Thompson’s humor and occasionally salty language are attracting attention from national television producers and people curious about life in the Oil Patch. 
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