Jason Unger

24 Review: 5 PM – 6 PM

Posted by junger - 02/25/09 at 01:02:22 pm

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24 Review: 2 PM – 3 PM

Posted by junger - 02/03/09 at 06:02:05 pm

This week: much better. What'd you think? Leave a comment.

24 Review: 1 PM – 2 PM

Posted by junger - 01/28/09 at 11:01:47 pm

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Announcing: I Share Funny Stuff!

Posted by junger - 09/24/08 at 11:09:55 am

You have seen that video where sets of twins head to the New York subway and create a human mirror, right?

What, you haven't?

What about the weatherman credited as being a child molester on the local news?

Wow, time to get in the loop, my friend.

For just that, today I'm announcing I Share Funny Stuff, a site dedicated to providing daily funny videos from across the Internet.

Isn't That What YouTube is For?

Well, sort of.

But with YouTube, there's way too much to watch. And you're never quite sure just who is picking out the "featured videos" they decide to highlight.

At I Share Funny Stuff, all you're going to get is funny videos. You won't get overloaded with hundreds of new videos to check every day, but now you'll be in the loop.

So the next time someone asks you if you've seen what happens when you combine beer with Mentos, you'll have seen it first … uh, second-hand.

Click here to check out I Share Funny Stuff now!

Teens Beat Girl on YouTube: But Why?

Posted by junger - 04/10/08 at 01:04:55 pm

The case of these cheerleaders who recorded their beating of a fellow teenager, 16-year-old Victoria Lindsay, and then posted the video online, has received a lot of attention in the media.

And it should. There's obviously something wrong when a bunch of kids attack another and then promote it as some sort of badge to be proud of. (I'm not going to post the video, but it's easy to find on YouTube.)

The coverage, however, seems to be only focusing on YouTube and MySpace and whether they should block these kinds of videos. The father is even "blaming the Internet" for the beating, which is about as moronic as blaming the telephone for prank phone calls.

But the fundamental question lacking in this entire storyline is an easy one: why?

Why did these teens beat up the other girl? Was it completely unprovoked? Did they do it in order to post a video and get their "15 megabytes of fame"?

(On a side note, that's the dumbest phrase ever. Seriously, stop trying to be punny, people.)

I don't know the answer — the only thing I can find is that "[the] suspected teen attackers claim the victim had been threatening them through postings on her MySpace page," according to WESH, the local NBC affiliate. The cops say they filmed it so they could put it online, but how did it come to that in the first place?

Look, obviously I'm not advocating beating up people and posting videos of it online. It's stupid, and you're going to get arrested. Cyber-bullying is a serious thing, as the family of Megan Meier tragically found out.

But the media isn't doing their duty here. Following the Internet storyline is one segment of the coverage, but every one is making the assumption that that's why they beat her up — to post a video online.

Can we get the real facts here, please?